During his invitation to “Vivement Dimanche” this October 27, David Hallyday was treated to lovely words of love from his daughters Ilona and Emma. The opportunity to return to a childhood filled with affection at his side.
A moving moment on the set of “Vivement Dimanche”. While he has recently released his album “Requiem pour un fou”, composed of covers of his father Johnny Hallyday and himself, David Hallyday answered Michel Drucker's questions on October 27. The opportunity to talk about his tour, which begins on November 2, but also to discuss a subject that is very important to him: family. The show team had prepared a little surprise for the 58-year-old singer. David Hallyday was able to watch a video in which his loved ones took turns sharing a precious memory alongside him.
It was with strong emotion that the French artist witnessed the lovely words of his daughters, Ilona and Emma. “We grew up normally, in quotes, except that the others told us “your father is this, your grandfather is that”, but otherwise for us, he always protected us from that,” began his elder Ilona Smet. The 29-year-old model said she was enormously “grateful because not all parents knew how to do that and he did it with delicacy and total grace. »
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David Hallyday's second daughter, Emma, whose mother is Estelle Lefébure, then spoke about her shared passion with her father, automobiles. From the sandboxes, Ilona's little sister shared the joys of racing with David Hallyday: “It was a bit of our moment when it was just the two of us. Every weekend, I went with him wherever he went, I followed him on his races, I loved it.” The 27-year-old young woman then recalled the latter's touching gesture: “I did a karting competition, he gave me his helmet with 'David' written on it and I was so proud,” said -she recalled.
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A close-knit clan, from children to great-grandparents
Emma Smet is not the only one to be an ace driver in the family. In addition to sharing the clip for “Sang pour sang” with David Hallyday, his son Cameron Smet is also an amateur pilot. In a video broadcast on “Vivement Dimanche”, the 20-year-old boy appears alongside his father, who congratulates him after a race before telling him that he is very proud of him. Very touched by the images, the father of three then discovered memories of his own childhood, spending moments of happiness with his half-sisters (Laura, Darina, Jade and Joy) celebrating his eleventh birthday, on vacation at the beach with his parents, but also family meals with the one who has shared his life for twenty years, the very discreet Alexandra Pastor.
After viewing archives in which his father Johnny Hallyday, his mother Sylvie Vartan and his grandmother Ilona Vartan evoke memories with him, the poignant words of his half-sister Laura Smet, with whom he grew up, closed the report . It is under the dazzled gaze of David Hallyday that the 40-year-old singer declares: “He is very family-oriented, he makes up for the lack he had because he does not want his children to have that lack”. She, who was offered a nice gift by her half-brother, a cover of the song “Laura” written by their father Johnny, then finished: “It’s a clan for me”.
