Alain Delon's biographer reveals in his book “Les Derniers Mystères Delon. All his secrets revealed”, the actor's alleged bisexuality. A scandalous outing in which the media were found to be complicit. Not us.
Alain Delon bisexual? Why his biographer's alleged revelations are scandalous
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We have never talked about Alain Delon as much as since his death on August 17, 2024. A few days after his death, in this article, we were outraged to learn thathe demanded that his dog be euthanized when he died to accompany him to the grave. And this was not the first information that contradicted his iconic status.
A few months before his death, his ex-partner, Anne Parillaud, spoke about the actor's violence towards her when they were together. We also overlook the friendship of this umpteenth “sacred monster” with Jean-Marie Le Pen or his misogynistic comments. “If a slap is macho, yes, I must have been macho. But I also took, you know, slaps.” he declared in the show Tea or coffee, in 2018. But for once, what outrages us is not what Delon is guilty of, but rather what he is the victim of.
Alain Delon, homophobic outed
Irony of fate for the one who had described homosexuality as “unnatural”in 2013, Alain Delon has just been outed by his biographer. On November 13, the newspaper The Parisian has in fact published an interview with Bernard Violet, author of the book The Last Delon Mysteries. All his secrets revealedin which the latter declares: “given his time and his status, Alain Delon’s bisexuality was impossible to reveal.” And it is with these words that The Parisian chose to title his article. Him and many other media besides. And that’s the problem.
Obviously, some people have still not understood what the LGBT+ community has been trying to repeat for several years: we do not reveal someone's gender or sexual orientation on their behalf or without their consent. Should we specify dead or alive? Apparently yes. Because it is no coincidence that Bernard Violet is publishing his so-called revelations now.
Volume 2 of the “Delon Mysteries”
In 1998, the author published a first biography of the actor entitled The Delon Mysteries. A book whose publication Alain Delon then tried to ban. Without success. The work was not only published but also rose to the rank of bestseller. “With hindsight, I even think that if Alain Delon wanted to have my biography banned in 1998, it was because he had read my synopsis, which evoked his relationships, over several years, with Daniel Guérin, libertarian writer and activist homosexual”confides Bernard Violet to Parisian. The proof therefore, of the absence of consent of the actor on the possibility of talking about his alleged bisexuality.
Yes, but now Delon is dead, and the dead do not sue. Remember that “the fact for a journalist to relay an “outing” revealed by the press or any other media theoretically exposes him to prosecution for violation of privacy in the same way as the author of the “outing” in question”, indicates the Association of LGBTI Journalists (AJL).
Alain Delon's friendships with mafiosi
Chic to take the opportunity to reveal to the world an intimacy that the actor apparently preferred to keep private during his lifetime. Chic also on the part of the media to give in to the sirens of the hearings in disregard of the integrity of this person, as homophobic, racist and misogynistic as he may be. However, many other things could have been highlighted about the revelations made by Bernard Violet. Alain Delon's friendships with mafiosi for example. More interesting and juicy than his sexuality, right?
“From his young years until almost the end of his life, Alain Delon was always fascinated by gangsters, entrusts the biographer to Parisian. I think he was inspired by their presence for his roles in the cinema.” Bernard Violet even goes so far as to assert that the actor had “established close ties of friendship and business with the cream of the French underworld”. “He was repeatedly questioned for some of his affairs, but always got away with it.”he specifies.
Don't we have better things to do than fill pages to drool over the sexuality of celebrities? We will allow ourselves to think that this refrain draws from the roots of a society still well anchored in its homophobia. Looking forward to tomorrow!
