Charlotte Gainsbourg and her family, their daily life upset by the death of Kate Barry: “This humor has disappeared”

Charlotte Gainsbourg camps the role of a director of the Paris Opera in the series Star. For the occasion, she confided in TV 7 days. The actress and singer spoke of her daily life upset by the death of her sister.

On the occasion of the release of his first series in English, StarAvailable on Prime Video, Charlotte Gainsbourg confided in the columns of TV 7 days. She returned to the upset daily life of her family, since the death in December 2013 of her sister Kate Barry. Playing comedy thanks to his role in Star brings him “a lightness“Which she was”a long time“Said the artist. “”Are we laughing a lot with you?Asked journalist Amandine Scherer. “”There were a lot of laughter in my family », Started by explaining Charlotte Gainsbourg.

More “From the moment my sister Kate died, this humor disappeared“, She admitted. Kate Barry died at 46, falling out the apartment window where she had moved five days earlier in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Around 6:30 p.m., his son heard a big shock and then the cries of his mother. From the window of his room, he saw that Kate Barry had fallen into the courtyard of the fourth floor. The suicide thesis had been privileged. Charlotte Gainsbourg laughs a lot with her companion Yvan Attal. “”With Yvan, it’s different. I like to have fun, laugh“Said the actress before adding:”My father was very funny too.»

Charlotte Gainsbourg without filter on the death of her sister Kate Barry: “It was such a blast”

In a poignant interview with Harper’s Bazaar Published last January, Charlotte Gainsbourg had engaged in the tragic disappearance of her older sister, Kate Barry. “”It was such a blast “, She had confided. The pain of this loss deeply marked his artistic work, especially when writing his album Rest. Charlotte Gainsbourg had explained that this project was born from this event: “It had to come out and I didn’t care to take the risk that it is mediocre.Over the interview, she had also returned to her relationship with her mother. The singer and actress explained that Jane Birkin did not have the same relationships with each of her daughters: “She may also express that she admired me, I did not understand that a mother could be impressed by her child. (…) And I saw that she did not have the same relationship with my sisters“, She recognized. According to her, Kate Barry and Jane Birkin were like sisters. They had “uhyper conflictual relationship but of great intensityShe had detailed.

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