Box office champion with hits that have become cult films such as The Bronzed, The Visitors or more recently What have we done to God? Christian Clavier is what we call a popular star. A description that can imply that he is not part of the elite artists but no matter, the actor we find in L’Antidote Tonight, Tuesday, August 27, on C8, is very happy with the image he conveys. However, he admits to having shunned his country a few years ago by settling on the other side of the Channel.
Exiled in London since the end of 2013 with his family, Christian Clavier explained this strong decision during his interview for the show Seven to eight in 2014. First specifying that he did not choose England for tax reasons as some malicious tongues might have said, he confided that he wanted to get away from the media agitation that was a bit painful for him.There is a form of Parisianism that has always existed and which can be very nasty.It’s true“, he continues. Victim of a crime of “ugly mug“because of his friendship with the divisive politician Nicolas Sarkozy. Christian Clavier adds: “A moment ago, It’s very unpleasant, even for your family. But all that is behind.“
Because, teased by the journalist, Christian Clavier specifies with a wry smile, that he is not entirely reconciled with the French journalists: “That’s another matter. With the public, there is never any ambiguity. People have always been extremely nice.“He enjoys his life in the English capital which provides him with shelter while not being far from France,”in a very normal life”. Sometimes recognized in the streets because many French people have settled like him on the banks of the Thames, the ex-husband of Marie-Anne Chazel – with whom he had a daughter, Margot – can lead an ordinary life: “I take the metro, I walk around a lot.“Far from Paris, he regained a taste for France:”This allowed me to rewrite [le 3e volet des Visiteurs] with great pleasure on the French.“After London, he then settled in Belgium, Bruxelles with his beloved Isabelle de Araujomakeup artist and ex-wife of Richard Gotainer, met on the set of The Corsican Investigation.
These other French stars exiled in London
Living on British soil is the choice made by other French personalities. We will cite thus Jean-Jacques Goldman who was also able to find anonymity in London in 2016, he who is so adored by the French. Father of six children including 3 with his current wife Nathalie Thu Huong-Lagier, he returned to France with his youngest children to settle not in Paris but in Marseille. We also think of the star Alexandra Lamywho chose London to take a breather after the media storm caused by her divorce from Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin. An idea that came to her from her daughter Chloé Jouannet, also an actress. The call of London seduces French stars!
