Amélie Nothomb on Why TV Series are Like 'Chips' and Why She Hates Them

Paris, France – Renowned author Amélie Nothomb has revealed her surprising reason for avoiding television series: their addictive nature. In a recent interview with Brut., Nothomb candidly shared her experience with the popular show 'Desperate Housewives', which she described as creating a 'physical need' that she found deeply unsettling. "I don't like art to provoke an addiction in me," Nothomb stated, explaining that she watched all seasons of 'Desperate Housewives' but felt a sense of relief when it ended, as she would no longer live with that compulsion. She drew a vivid parallel to junk food, remarking, "I hate eating chips. Why? Because it's immediately addictive. From the first chip, you're forced to eat the whole packet. That is physically unbearable for me. And that's the effect series have on me." Nothomb also expressed her strong dislike for 'cliffhangers', a common narrative device in series and even some literature. "It annoys me, I don't like that. I hate cliffhangers," she asserted. "I find it a villainous way to provoke appetite." Her comments come as a film adaptation of her novel, 'Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes', is currently in cinemas. The full 30-minute interview with Aymeric Goetschy is available on Brut.'s YouTube channel.