Philippe Katerine is a dad who we imagine to be eccentric and fanciful. Father of three children including a 31-year-old daughter, he appeared with her on France Inter for an irresistible musical sequence.
Chronicle by Philippe Katerine on France Inter, with his eldest daughter Edie Blanchard © Youtube
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Since 2010, Philippe Katerine has formed a happy couple with actress Julie Depardieu. They are the parents of two boys, Billy and Alfred, aged 13 and 12 respectively, but the unclassifiable artist that he is also has an older daughter from a previous union. Usually discreet, the one who is as jack of all trades as her dad made a delicious intervention on the radio on France Inter this Thursday, November 21.
A tasty morning radio columnist, Philippe Katerine gave way yesterday morning to his daughter Edie, 31 years old. Usually discreet, even if we were able to see her with her father and her brother Billy during the premiere of Thieves a year ago, the young woman showed all her talent at the microphone of France Inter. Her famous father introduced her as “a girl who is not alone in herself“and he is right, as much the imitations of singers and actresses that she does are astonishing. Angèle, Clara Luciani, Juliette Armanet, Zaho de Sagazan et Pomme, Edie Blanchard – real surname of Philippe Katerine – knows how to take all these voices but the icing on the cake is still her interpretation of Adèle Exarchopoulos.
Very versatile, Edie Blanchard presents herself as a director of Music videos and the one she made for Pierre de Maere, One day I will marry an angel, had a lot of impact. Podcaster and singer as well, she is also an author since she released her first book this month, Bimboat JC Lattès. A reflection on the norms of femininity “between the feminist essay, collective psychoanalysis and intimate confession” according to The New Obs.
The mystery of the mother of Edie, daughter of Philippe Katerine
The magazine that deciphered her work also provides one of the rare pieces of information that can be found on Edie Blanchard's mother. Indeed, her name has never been revealed but in her book, the young woman remembers her pre-teen life, “fascinated by the sequined underwear of the lingerie store where her mother worked“. This is the only thing we will know about the woman who gave birth to Edie.
Philippe Katerine, however, spoke of his first fatherhood at the age of 24, which was complicated due to his precarious status. “When my daughter was born, I lived with my sister. So things were going badly, we had to hang on a little. I was at the taxi reception at the time. I had to find money. There are concerts that saved my day. But when you have a mouth to feed, that changes everything. You no longer have a choice, you have to stop the bullshit. It wasn't easy because my situation was precarious“, he confided with sincerity in the Moonwalk show on France.tv Slash.
Despite this complicated start to life, father and daughter were able to forge a very beautiful bond, visible during their musical session on France Inter. In Les Inrocksthe blue god of the Paris 2024 Olympics who is never afraid to show himself naked explained: “We often sing with two voices, we do karaoke. Music is a very funny way of communication between a father and a daughter.” They have worked together several times, she as director of her music videos but also with her surprising voice for the title To you – To you, in 2010. A duo that couldn't be more complicit and colorful!
