Uencounter she won’t soon forget! An Airbnb hostess in Scaër had the happy surprise of discovering this summer that one of her clients was none other than Jean-Jacques Goldman, who was cycling through Finistère with his wife Nathalie. The hostess, Catherine Fricard Jaccoud, known as Cathleen on social media, didn’t immediately recognize the singer and his wife, but they hit it off right away, as she explained in an Instagram post published last week.
“I felt comfortable talking with them, appreciating their simplicity and good humor,” she said in the caption of a photo where she is seen posing next to Jean-Jacques Goldman. “We talked about the beauty of the Breton landscapes. For at least ten minutes, I let myself be carried away by the exchange, captivated by their enthusiasm. However, as the conversation progressed, a detail struck me. His words resonated in a familiar way, and I began to make the connection. The voice, the charisma, the humility…”
“A magical moment”
It was when the couple left that Cathleen tried a different approach, as she told BFMTV a few days later.
“As he was leaving, I said to him, very stupidly: ‘You look a lot like my favorite singer, Jean-Jacques Goldman,’” she recalled. “As I said these words, I said to myself: ‘It’s striking, all the same, this resemblance.’ He smiled and said: ‘It’s me […] Read more
