Michel Sardou does not have his tongue in his pocket. His outspokenness has always stuck with him. A character trait that he inherited from his mother, Jackie Sardou, who died in 1998. For several decades, the interpreter of love sickness stands out for his talent but also for his shocking statements. Certain comments, considered racist, sexist or reactionary, have also created controversy on several occasions.
If Michel Sardou does not fail to scratch Emmanuel Macron in this period of political chaos, the 77-year-old singer
says goodbye to the stage. After 50 years of success, he hangs up. This Friday, December 13, it was in M6's 12.45 that he spoke. Faced with Nathalie Renoux, he said everything he thought about Johnny Hallyday and he didn't beat around the bush.
Johnny Hallyday: Michel Sardou cuts a suit for his great rival
While Michel Sardou and Johnny Hallyday have long been friends, relations deteriorated in the 2000s. However, the two singers have shared the stage several times. “With Johnny, I sang The Desire to Want to, and that’s where there was a competition for whoever pissed the furthest because
Johnny, he always wanted to piss the furthest“told Michel Sardou to our colleagues at M6.
The interpreter of Connemara Lakes then added a layer, calling into question, in the process, the talent of the Taulier.
“He doesn't sing high, he sings loudly. Finally, he also sings high, but he forces it and he sings with his throat. You have to sing with everything except your throat, sing with your stomach.”he continued, believing, in all modesty, to have shone more on stage than his rival.
Johnny Hallyday was upset with Michel Sardou
If the two men have made numerous duets together, Johnny Hallyday and Michel Sardou no longer saw each other from the 2000s. And it was a little sentence from Jackie Sardou's son that ignited things.
“Now that he has a chalet in Gstaad, Hallyday will be able to put his Vietcong on skis”he said in 2004 about the daughters of Johnny and Laeticia Hallyday. A joke which did not make the interpreter laugh Something from Tennesseevery close to his last two children, Jade and Joy. Johnny Hallyday has never forgiven this dubious joke.