Pierre Arditi confides in his love story with a famous singer he has never forgotten

There are love stories that we cannot forget, even after decades. In Pierre Arditi's heart, it is Barbara who remains. In 2018, the actor confided for the first time that he had lived a romance with the Lady in Black, in the 1970s. This Sunday, November 10, on the occasion of the release of his biography, Born to playwritten by journalist Nathalie Simon, he spoke with Le Figaro and spoke of this love. “I don't talk about it much, but it was a story as brief as it was impactful. I met her at a friend's house, we fell in love with each other and we left together. She was funny, childish, mysterious, romantic, fatal at the same time, he remembers. When you have the chance to meet a woman like her in your life, it's precious. I never forgot her.”

In the life of Pierre Arditi, three great love stories mattered

This love story dates from the year 1975-1976. Pierre Arditi was then still married to his first wife, the actress Florence Giorgetti, mother of his son Frédéric, with whom he divorced in 1978. For the 79-year-old actor, the theater was a catalyst for self-confidence and, through force of things, of romantic relationships. “Women have given me the honor and the happiness of finding me from time to time to their liking. It gave me wings”, he explains to Figaro. After his breakup with Barbara, who “devastated”he said a few years ago, and his divorce, Pierre Arditi found love again. In 1986, he became a couple with the actress Evelyne Bouix with whom he still lives and whom he married in 2010.

Who was Barbara's only husband?

Barbara has always been very discreet about her romantic relationships. If she is also sometimes credited with a very brief affair with Michel Sardou, the singer has never officially spoken about her intimate life. However, she was married once, to a certain Claude Sluys. In the 1950s, when she had just arrived in Belgium to sing there, she met this Belgian who allowed her to come into contact with several important names in the music scene, but also to obtain valid papers. to stay in the Flat Country. When she died in 1997 at the age of 67, Barbara was no longer married and had no descendants.

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