At Nathalie Baye’s, in Vallière
We are in the hamlet of Hussard in Vallière in the Creuse where many residents have already seen Nathalie Baye and Johnny Hallyday stocking up on meat from the butcher or cheese maker. The couple lived a love story between 1982 and 1986 and from their union their only daughter, Laura Smet, was born on November 15, 1983. They lived happy days in the Creuse where Nathalie Baye had an elegant family house recognizable by its shutters. with sea green tones and exposed stone walls.
In August 1995, Nathalie Baye at her home in Creuse. She poses on the grass in front of the stone building, dressed in a lavender-colored sweater.© Marianne Rosenstiehl / Sygma via Getty Images
A resting place for Nathalie Baye and Johnny Hallyday
In a program broadcast on France Bleu on December 6, 2017, Nanée Chevrier, Laura’s godmother, looks back on her memories in Creuse with the couple: “It was another Johnny who came here, it was his Tennessee if you like. He came, he went to get wood, he tried to cut some, well it wasn’t straight, but we spent extraordinary evenings where he played on the acoustic guitar and then in the evening, Johnny drank herbal tea because he He had to gain strength. » She explains that the rocker has acclimatized perfectly to local life to the point of adopting the practice of trout fishing.
Riding a motorbike, meeting up with friends
The report by Christophe Bodin and Olivier Journiat When Johnny lived in Creuse broadcast on France 3 Nouvelle Aquitaine on December 7, 2017 also looks back at this time when the couple was famous in the village. Archive footage shows the singer talking about how much he loved spending time in the house: “I like Creuse because it’s still one of the rare places that isn’t overrated. It’s a place where you can live more or less freely, there are plenty of places where you can ride motorbikes, and the meat is very good around here”he laughs.
