Johnny Hallyday was the idol of young people, but Sylvie Vartan was also a superstar from the start. She is the singer of the hits The most beautiful to go dancing, Like a boy et The Maritza. Taulier’s first wife remembered their marriage on January 17, 2025, at the start of their career.
And especially what they experienced for years, where their audience went crazy. To the point where, in the evening on tour, when they returned late to their hotel, they found women in their beds.
What Sylvie Vartan discovered with Johnny
Asked about the effect “annoying” or “fou“, that these intrusions caused, Sylvie Vartan explained on Europe 1. She estimated, “no it was crazy“.
The 80-year-old star recalled: “But we were both very much in love, and we had this crazy life, multiplied by two. And at the same time, it was a discovery for us too”.
Indeed, she explains: “The stardom, the fact that we interested so many people. We honestly wondered why, to what extent. It was completely excessive, completely crazy“.
Married from 1965 to 1980 to Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan says about the proposals: “And it made us laugh at times. It was everyday life, and then we were caught in this kind of permanent whirlwind. And we survived!“ It must be said that in fact, the couple held on for many years, despite the requests…
-Four years after her divorce from Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan married the American producer Tony Scotti, who is still her husband today. And during an interview given to Paris Match she admitted that the singer of “That I love you” was a real seducer.
A man in great demand
She then confessed: “There were times when we got back to our hotel room late on tour and found girls in our bed waiting for Johnny. It was rock’n’roll, it made me laugh.”
And also add : “I said to myself: ‘No, but it’s not possible!’. I couldn’t blame him. He displayed a real distance from fans, from success, from notoriety.”
