VIDEO – Guest in “Le Figaro La Nuit”, the writer spoke about his relationship with the actress and notably revealed that the couple had been seeing each other since their first meeting.
Bernard-Henri Lévy presented, in “Le Figaro La Nuit”, his latest book entitled sleepless night. Questioned by Thibaut Gauthier about his fight against insomnia, the philosopher lifted the veil on part of his private life. It was in the Museum of Decorative Arts that he explained a custom that he and his wife still respect.
While the journalist, evoking a passage from the book, pointed out that exceptionally in his work the one nicknamed “BHL” put himself more forward than usual, the founder of the literary magazine La Règle du game illustrated the statement of his interlocutor: “I smash my face against the nightstand, I split my lip”. “And besides, at that moment she continues to talk to you, that’s fascinating,” pointed out Thibaut Gauthier. An observation on his relationship formed with Arielle Dombasle which the author confirmed: “You’re right, she’ll probably care for me until my last breath.” he opined.
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Visibly intrigued by Bernard-Henri Lévy’s statement, the host of “Figaro La Nuit” asked for explanations. What the guest complied with: “When you see someone you haven’t seen for a few months, some you greet them, others you call them informally. You never misunderstand those you are used to being familiar with, it is very rare that anyone asks the question, you are immediately connected to the same frequency. With the one I call A. in this book, many, many years ago, it was established like that,” clarified the septuagenarian.
-“Using familiarity is vulgar”
Arielle Dombasle in 2020
A mark of respect integrated into their exchanges and from which they have never exempted themselves since their meeting. “In these cases when it is established like that, it is very difficult to change”, estimated the writer before concluding: “It is not more intimate to speak tually than to refer to each other, it implies a whole depth of relationship between the two people and we do not change our mode of address like we change our shirt.”
Arielle Dombasle had already returned on this habit, at Jordan De Luxe in 2020. «It’s not that I care, it’s just the way it is.”explained the actress and singer. “In my family, people worshiped each other. My father saw my mother», she further indicated. “ I find that vouvoiement is full of delicacy and restraint. Phonetically, it’s pretty. “You” is like a caress. The “you” is more… vulgar”she still estimated.