It's been no less than 31 years since Arielle Dombasle and her philosopher husband, Bernard-Henri Lévy, said yes to each other for life. Since then, they have had perfect love thanks to certain very specific rules and habits. We reveal to you the key to their happiness.
It was in 1993, and after seven years of secret love, that Arielle Dombasle and Bernard-Henri Lévy got married in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. In love as on the first day, the multifaceted artist and the philosopher and writer make it a point of honor to keep the flame alive. The recipe for a couple that lasts according to them!
The ritual of Arielle Dombasle and Bernard-Henri Lévy to make their relationship last
In the pages of Paris Match, in 2011, the whimsical singer and resident of Big Heads from RTL had talked about his daily life with the one who makes his heart beat. She notably recounted having tried to start cooking for her 76-year-old man… In vain! “I did so many other things out of love for him! Except that, when it came to cooking, it was often a little disaster!”she had quipped. Since then, she has had a butler who also cooks for her, she confided on RTL in Laurent Ruquier's show.
Resigned, Arielle Dombasle revealed that her husband preferred to dine at a restaurant anyway… every evening! A ritual for the couple. “Bernard-Henri loves bistros, we never dine at home and he doesn't like going to other people's houses either. Contrary to what you might believe, we go out very little. In the evening, we all like to have dinner the two of them, face to face, at the restaurant!”added the one who lives in an apartment near the Elysée, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Arielle Dombasle recounts her beginnings with Bernard-Henri Lévy: “It was very difficult…”
Very in love with her lover, Arielle Dombasle had also recounted their meeting on the set ofAs an aside, in 2023: “I immediately saw the face of Christ and something dark like ashes in his eyes. Something extraordinarily romantic and melancholic where I knew I was immediately made for him”. Neither one, nor two, she then went to a signing session of the author to meet him in the flesh.
According to the main person concerned, love at first sight was immediately shared. But, already as a couple on their own, they had first tried to resist the alchemy, before succumbing and hiding for seven years. “It's a diabolical passion. He was married, so was I, it was all very complicated (…) We remained in illegitimacy and mystery for seven years. It was very difficult to remain secret lovers”confessed the singer and actress in 2020 on Non Stop People. Since then, they haven't left each other's side.
