Sylvie Vartan speaks about the death of Johnny Hallyday: “We cannot be at peace”

For more than 15 years, Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday formed the most famous couple in France. The two stars were married from 1965 to 1980. Together, they have a son, who is none other than David Hallyday, born in 1966. While Johnny died in 2017, Sylvie Vartan forgets nothing of her romance with the singer, of whom she has wonderful memories, as she recounts in an interview given to readers of Parisian this Friday, November 8: “Youth, madness, passion, crazy love… And then David, it’s a lot.“

Sylvie Vartan does not accept the death of Johnny Hallyday

Seven years after the disappearance of Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan admits that she cannot mourn: “We cannot be at peace. How to be? It's a very sad moment. Also, because things were evolving in a climate that was not what it seemed like.“The 80-year-old singer was marked by the deterioration of Johnny Hallyday's health in the last years of his life:”He didn't look like the person he was younger, who he really was. He was tired, not well, sick… It's sad.“

“He often spent time with us in Los Angeles“

Subsequently, Sylvie Vartan explained that she and Johnny maintained an excellent relationship even after their separation: “When we were separated, he often came to our house, he really liked Tony (Scotti, editor's note) and vice versa… He often spent time with us in Los Angeles.“Last February, Sylvie Vartan had already confided in Paris Match about her relationship with Johnny Hallyday, explaining that she had lived this love story like no other with passion: “”I was never in competition with him. Him neither I think Because between us we didn't play. Do you remember his song “Le feu”? That's really what was between us. (…) We also communicated through our songs… Especially since the temperature within our relationship inspired the authors. Gilles Thibault wrote for me “Par amour, par pity”, then Johnny asked him for an answer. It will be “That I love you”.“