By Claire Legrand | Editor
A journalist of Belarusian origin, Claire has worked at Purepeople since 2019. An unconditional fan of the Sex And The City series, she also knows most of the RnB sounds of the 90s and 2000s by heart. Blue flower and eternal romantic, she is interested in everything particularly to the love lives of stars.
Jovial and dapper when he plays Popeye, Thierry Lhermitte is extremely sensitive in real life. Remembering his painful breakup with Valérie Mairesse, the actor even admitted that he could have thought the worst. Fortunately, his friend Coluche and his acolytes at Splendid knew how to get him out of this slippery slope (and without planting a stick!).
Thierry Lhermitte could have thought the worst! He talks about this breakup with a famous actress from Splendid
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Unmissable Popeye in the saga of TannedThierry Lhermitte spoke frankly to the journalists of the Parisian. If he is now enjoying happy days with his wife Hélène Aubert since their marriage in 1974 – they have become parents of three children: Astrée (in 1975), Victor (in 1979) and Louise (in 1993) – the actor who will celebrate his 72nd birthday on November 24, he was in a relationship with Valérie Mairesse between 1972 and 1973. Very modest, he nevertheless indicated that he was particularly touched and bruised by this breakup.
In full promotion of the book The Splendid on the Splendid we had so much fun !a work for the 50th anniversary of the famous troupe where each member tells their story and their friendship, (release scheduled for Thursday November 21, 2024), Thierry Lhermitte evokes Valérie Mairesse who was an ephemeral member of the troupe and who subsequently was replaced by Josiane Balasko. Shaken by their separation, he explains: “I didn't commit suicide. But it was hard. A youthful heartache. Coluche invited me to his house, I went there all the time, the others did too”.
Thierry Lhermitte and his family from Splendid
A sad teenager, he adds: “I had no taste for anything“It was truly his arrival in The Splendid that completely changed his life and gave him back the taste for living.”It's personal. As soon as we met, it was a brightening moment in my life. We were all not very happy in our family, for various reasons, and suddenly we formed our own family, we adore each other, we laugh, we make fun of everything. (…) We appreciated each other so much. It's very reassuring to be in a group, after adolescence“, he confided.
Nostalgic for his friend Michel Blanc, who died on October 3, 2024, he wrote a lot about their links in this book: “IHe must not have had time to read it. The confirmation was three days before his disappearance. Has he read everything? I don't know anything about it.“. There is no doubt that the shadow of Michel Blanc still hangs over his former acolytes at Le Splendid.
