She was Serge Gainsbourg's last companion, Bambou, who has always been discreet about her private life, breaks the silence. The ex-model has just released an autobiography book called Step by step in the night (Ed. Xo). Her childhood of abuse in a Vietnamese refugee camp in Lot-et-Garonne, drugs, her beginnings in modeling, no subject is avoided.
At 65, Bambou reveals herself like never before and confides in her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg, whom she knew from 1980 until the death of the interpreter of The Javanese in 1991. The couple had a son named Lulu, aged 38. In an interview given to Parisianthe last companion of Serge Gainsbourg evokes, in all frankness,
the inheritance left by the provocative singer to his loved ones and which she did not take advantage of.
Death of Serge Gainsbourg: Bambou explains the artist's legacy
When she met Serge Gainsbourg, Bambou was only 21 years old. At that moment, the young woman is looking for herself. Her mixed-race twig physique will catch the eye of the singer who will never let her go.
“It was a time when I smoked opium on bamboo pipes,” she confided in the columns of
Parisianrevealing, in passing, the origin of his nickname. Very quickly, the two lovebirds will become
fusional and spent 11 years together. A life of ups and downs in the house on rue de Verneuil in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, which has become a museum.
Despite this relationship, Bambou has not retained no right of inspection over the work of Serge Gainsbourg. “I have neither moral rights nor right of inspection”she told our colleagues. And to continue: “It’s Serge’s four children who share it. It’s normal, we were not married and Serge had not made a will. I didn’t get anything after his death but I didn’t ask for anything.”
Death of Serge Gainsbourg: Bambou cash on his links with Charlotte Gainsbourg
In his book, Bambou also evokes, with tenderness,
Charlotte Gainsbourgdaughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. “I knew her when she was 9 years old. I was twelve years older. She was my little sister”she said. “I experienced the childhood with her that I didn’t have.
We both have a very strong relationship.“she added in The Parisian.
Very involved in opening the house on rue de Verneuil to the public, Charlotte Gainsbourg perpetuates the memory of her late father. A house full of memories. “I’ve been there three times. We have the impression that Serge is going to appear”said Bambou, moved and nostalgic, at the evocation of this home which saw her son grow up.
