And debate who goes far away on TV…During a segment on Belgian songs, the famous music My Mouth by Johnny Hallyday was broadcast in What an era on France 2. Quickly, the sound extract got people talking on the set about Léa Salamé. Indeed, the debate revolved around whether Johnny Hallyday is Belgian or not. As a reminder, Johnny Hallyday was French with a Belgian father. His father Léon Smet was born and died in Brussels.
A controversy surrounding the nationality of Johnny Hallyday
Quickly, the chroniclers of What era debated on the nationality of Johnny Hallyday. “But he’s not Belgian Johnny.”, “We love him a lot but anyway…”,”He was born Belgian…” For Christophe Dechavanne, “his father is Belgian.” And the subject became important on the set. “You are making us an argument about Johnny.” says a columnist. Léa Salamé then calmed the debate. “But no, there is no controversy over Johnny.” However, some maintained that he was indeed Belgian. “But yes, he is Belgian Jean-Philippe Smet.” says a columnist, speaking of her real first and last name. “Is he Belgian or not??” ends up getting impatient on the France 2 set.
The truth about the singer’s real nationality
To know the real story, we have to go back to a key moment: 2006-2007. “He was naturalized French, but he wanted to regain his Belgian nationality probably to go to Monaco. It was the time when we (…)
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