There are those couples that make the French dream. One of the best examples to date certainly remains Jean Dujardin and Nathalie Péchalat. In 2014, when the actor had just ended his relationship with Alexandra Lamy a year earlier, love knocked on his door again. One thing is certain, the one to whom we owe many gems in the cinema did not expect it.
“When I saw Nathalie, my wife, on television – and I didn’t see her skating but talking – she charmed me.”he revealed in the pages of ELLE magazine.
This idyllic life led by Jean Dujardin and Nathalie Péchalat
Love at first sight which the Oscar-winning actor took seriously. And for good reason, Jean Dujardin immediately flew to Japan to join Nathalie Péchalat. “I went to join her in Tokyo. I said to myself, ‘I’ll be there for this woman, I’ll see her skate and I’ll be interested in skating!’ For a rugby fan, it’s a real proof of love.”he also revealed to our colleagues.
In the end, fate did things right. Married in 2018Nathalie Péchalat and Jean Dujardin have also and above all become the happy parents of Jeanne and Alicerespectively born in 2015 and 2021.
This thing that the former skater had to learn to live with
However, sharing the life of one of the greatest French actors is not easy. “What scares me is neither his notoriety nor his profession, it’s what it provokes in others: voyeurism, aggression, malevolence. If people fantasize about certain people because of their job, and if the screen creates this fantasy, that’s not my case.”revealed Nathalie Péchalat in the pages of Gala.
Likewise, her sudden exposure in the media when she started dating the actor was not easy to deal with, as she confided this time to our colleagues from Le Parisien: “I’m not used to seeing my private life exposed in the newspapers. But it’s my lot, it goes with Jean”.
Jean Dujardin talks about his way of being with Nathalie Péchalat
If Nathalie Péchalat is more discreet regarding her personal life despite having a strong character, Jean Dujardin lets himself go more with confidences. Even admitting to ELLE magazine his way of being and behaving in the company of the one who shares his life: “My wife will always be my companion, my friend.
I need to be a man for herbut also to be able to cry on his shoulder”. And to continue: “I don’t like conflict. She [Nathalie, ndlr]
knows men well, she has the mentality of a high-level athlete and manages to convey everything with a smile.”.
Unfortunately, the couple would now belong to the past as stated here last month. Nathalie Péchalat would also be at the origin of her breakup with Jean Dujardin. “She criticizes him for not having supported her during the Olympic Games while she was president of Club France. Then for having done two shoots abroad in quick succession (the Zorro series in Spain and The Shrinking Man in Belgium), leaving her very alone”insisted a source. The former skater and the actor, who also appeared in the company of another woman, remain silent for the moment.
