Giselle Jacques (It Ain't Easy)

Giselle Jacques is a fictional character on the RKOx series It Ain't Easy, portrayed and co-created by Genevieve LaClotte, and co-created with co-star Joey Moody. She is a co-owner and the manager of Alphonse's Inn, and often plays a role in the main group's schemes.

Early life
Giselle was born at in, which was part of  at the time of her birth. Up until the episode "Giselle Reads Her Birth Certificate", she believed she had been born in, the daughter of Patty Jacques and Gordon "Captain" Jacques, but is shocked to discover she had been born in during the brief period her dad managed a Munich. After referring to herself as a "Louisiana gal" for close to a decade, she was saddened to know the truth about her birthplace, but grew to accept her heritage after going on a journey with Howie to met an old German pen pal of his. In "Bavaria Trip: Part 1", Giselle discovered her old German pen pal, Elisabeth, is actually her half-sister, being the result of an affair Captain Jacques had with a Bunny at the Munich Playboy Club.

She was considered to be one of the most popular girls while attending Abita Springs High School. Her status as "head girl" in the gang of popular students ended one month before her graduation when a cafeteria opened in Abita Springs.

Before taking over Alphonse's Inn, she spent two years performing a one-woman blues revue at a Flip-Flops resort in.

Personality
Giselle is stubborn, inept, egocentric and disillusioned. She has a tendency for malapropisms (such as "When pigs fry", "Peaceful cake", "Fly like the windows"), bizarre terminology (such as calling a fast-food restaurant a "cheeseburger store" and saying "Happy Birthmas!" instead of "happy birthday") and "muscle memory" (e.g. referring to the in  as "The " even after Rouses bought out A&P's Louisiana stores, including the one in French Quarter).

Politics
Giselle is an unaffiliated voter, but has typically voted for left-wing candidates, with a few exceptions (such as in 2012, when she voted for ). LaClotte, who is a, has described Giselle as "usually a ", with a "myopic, hypocritical" mentality.