In promotion for his musical show Outlaw with Roberto Alagna, Jean-Félix Lalanne gave a rare interview, in the show At Jordan, Tuesday January 7, 2025. Francis Lalanne’s brother notably returned to his past love story with Lara Fabian, in the mid-2000s.
Rare in an interview, Jean-Félix Lalanne made a detour to the C8 studios for an interview given to Jordan de Luxe, Tuesday January 7, 2025. The opportunity for the host of At Jordan’s to cook the artist on his relationship with his brother Francis Lalanne, troubadour singer and political activist with controversial positions, but also on his past relationship with Lara Fabian, eternal interpreter of I love youin the mid-2000s. The 62-year-old guitarist-composer, currently promoting his musical show Outlaw with Roberto Alagna, wanted to preserve their love story from the media. “I always refused the covers where I was asked to come with her in the mainstream press,” he assumed, specifying that he did not want to appear in the media “for the wrong reasons.”
Jean-Félix Lalanne and Lara Fabian: a story that lasted three years
Lara Fabian and Jean-Félix Lalanne, who worked together for an album called 9met at a concert. Their story lasted from 2003 to 2006. But no question, “out of respect” for his current partner and the husband of his ex, to speak out on the subject. He barely wanted to explain why he avoided appearing in the press at the time. “I asked myself the question with an unstoppable answer: ‘Without Lara, would Paris-Match do a cover with me alone?’ If the answer is no, I don’t have to do this cover with her.” he developed on the set of Jordan’s. And as he specifies, the Belgian-Canadian singer respected his desire to remain discreet about his private life.
Lara Fabian: her story with Jean-Félix Lalanne “is not over”
Besides, do Jean-Félix Lalanne and Lara Fabian still have contact, almost 20 years after their breakup? “Yes of course, we talk. Two days ago, we called each other because someone wanted to do a biography and contacted me. I called her out of respect for her because I didn’t want that ‘a biopic is validated by her”, he said to Jordan de Luxe. “From time to time, we send each other little text messages, we give each other a little news,” he had already revealed in 2015 on the set of Non Stop People. For her part, the former juror of The Voice only has nice words to talk about her ex-companion. “My story with Jean-Félix is not over. It continues differently. It is better to separate with the desire to preserve beauty than to end up hating each other. […]. You can’t go from love to hate overnight. Unless there was betrayal. Which was not the case between Jean-Félix and me”, she declared in the columns of Gala in 2006.
