In an interview given to ParisianVéronique de Villèle returned to her meeting with Alain Delon. The former host met the actor thanks to Mireille Darc, when she was 18 years old.
On August 18, Alain Delon died at the age of 88, leaving to mourn his three children Anthony, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien, but also his close friends. For several decades, the actor was able to count on the presence and support of Véronique de Villèle. Guest on the set of TPMP at the end of September, the former co-presenter of Gym Tonic revealed that he had seen the movie star on his deathbed in Douchy. “It was totally overwhelming. He was on his famous leather bed, which I knew in all his houses […] He was sumptuously handsome […] Beautiful, so beautiful! It shocked me.”she confided.
Véronique de Villèle met Alain Delon thanks to Mireille Darc
This Thursday, November 7, Véronique de Villèle spoke about her relationship with Alain Delon to the Parisian. The two friends met in 1968, when the young Véronique was Mireille Darc's assistant. The former host had to follow the star couple to Saint-Tropez, for the purposes of filming the film The swimming pool. “Mireille asked me to follow them with her car, which she wanted to have in the South. I was 18 years old and, behind the wheel of his Porsche, I felt like the queen of oil. At one point, we stopped at a highway rest area. Alain stared at me and asked: 'Is that you, Vero?' This is how we began fifty-five years of flawless friendship“she says. After their meeting, Véronique de Villèle became Alain Delon's assistant and spent most of her time with the actor in Douchy. “I spent all my weekends there, I went on trips with Mimi and Alain… I was with them non-stop. In Paris, Delon had set up an office for me next to his in his production company. that he needed me, he shouted Véro!”she remembers.
Véronique de Villèle confides in her friendship with Alain Delon
In 1987, Véronique de Villèle stopped working for Alain Delon. But the two remained friends. “We continued to talk to each other. Sometimes, when he came to Paris, he would call me and say: 'Will you make me a pasta dish? I'll have dinner at your place!' I said to myself: 'If my neighbors come across him, they'll think he's a lookalike…'“she remembers. This Friday, November 8, the former host will pay a new tribute to Alain Delon, since she is the co-organizer of the symphony concert Delon the Last Samuraiwhich will be held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. “Alain was an extraordinary person. He was demanding and did not like those who did not respect their word. But he had the cult of friendship, a righteousness and a lot of humor. He is someone for whom I have infinite tenderness“continues the one who considered Alain Delon as her brother.
