Gilbert Montagné knew Johnny Hallyday well. The 72-year-old singer even revealed that the Taulier had made a hell of a statement to him that he “will never forget”…
Gilbert Montagné may have been around Johnny Hallyday for many years, but he was always “very impressed“when he passed him.”Every time it was like the first time“, in his words on RTL. The build and charisma of Taulier surprised the interpreter of Tropical Sunlightbut not only that! Her generosity and goodness of soul fascinated him just as much. He was also shocked by a statement the rocker made to him a few years ago…
Gilbert Montagné, upset by Johnny: “I will never forget something like that”
The artist was invited to join Johnny Hallyday in concert, at the Pavillon de Paris, for a few weeks at the end of 1979. Every evening, he accompanied him on the piano for part of the show. On the RTL set, facing Bruno Guillon, the 72-year-old singer remembered: “He treated me in a way that I could never forget, in a very beautiful way“, he first confided.
One evening, after the very first concert of this series of shows, Gilbert Montagné returned home while the rocker was giving a party. But when he realized that the interpreter of We're going to love each other was missing, he hastened to call him to ask why he was not present. “At 2 a.m., my phone rang. It was Johnny (…) I told him: 'But the party after your premiere, it's not my time, it's not right for me to stay there'”, said the artist. And the Taulier was quick to respond: “But it's you I wanted by my side“. Still very moved by this declaration, Gilbert Montagné assured Bruno Guillon: “I will never forget something like that“.
Gilbert Montagné, absent from Johnny's funeral: “It saddened me”
If the singer was a friend of Johnny, he was not invited to his funeral in the Madeleine church, by his widow Laeticia Hallyday or his children…”It hurt me a little bit that I wasn't invited to the funeral ceremony. I thought it would have been just okay, if you like. But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter at all“, he confided on the set of Facing Hanouna. And to specify: “I don't blame anyone. But he would have liked me to be there I think, so it’s stupid“.
