In his book Step by step in the nightBambou tells itself and tells Serge Gainsbourg. Because if the music icon is part of French heritage, his last companion who lived with him for eleven years knew the man behind the famous Gainsbarre, double of the poet in the last years of his life, until that fateful day of March 2, 1991. Le Figaro painted his portrait and for the newspaper, this child of the DDASS lived sublime but also painful years with him, giving birth to their son Lucien, known as Lulu, in 1986. What happened to her after the death of the artist? She had already revealed that she had received nothing from him but she nevertheless kept precious possessions which she details for daily life.
“As Serge thought he was signing his death warrant by writing his will, I have nothing from him except a bathrobe, a pair of Repetto, photos and my jewelry that I will never sell“says Bambou Figaro. As for the house in which she lived in the 13th arrondissement of Paris with their son and which was a mirror, with the same black walls and beveled tiles as the rue de Verneuil, she put it in her boy's name. Her great love gone, she set about raising Lulu with the values of Serge Gainsbourg, notably those of music, nourished by the conservatory and the piano.
It's in the columns of Parisian that Bambou, who knows that she is the unloved companion of Serge Gainsbourg, in particular with the mother of the artist who preferred Jane Birkin so much, has clarified things about the heritage of Serge Gainsbourg. “I have neither moral rights nor right of inspection. It is Serge’s four children who share it. I had the moral rights of Lulu (their son, editor's note) when he was little and he logically took it back when he came of age. This is normal, we were not married and Serge had not made a will. He died two weeks before his meeting with his lawyers. I didn't get anything after his death but I didn't ask for anything.“No bitterness shows through in Bambou’s words. She is only full of praise for Serge Gainsbourg’s eldest, Charlotte:”She's my little sister. His children [Ben, Alice et Jo, nés de son couple avec Yvan Attal] are adorable.”
What did Bambou, now 65 years old, live on then? After the death of Serge Gainsbourg, “she has resumed modeling and is grateful to Patrick Sébastien for making him work“, specifies Le Figaro. She lives discreetly while her son pursues his career in music in all humility, supported by his partner Aurélie Bossu with whom he has been in a relationship for ten years.
