It was a moment full of frankness and tenderness shared by actress Laura Smet and Nelly, 73, a fan of Johnny Hallyday. This is the subject of a podcast France Info, “In the life of Nelly”, where she talks about her passion for the rock’n’roll icon. Guest of the podcast, Laura Smet spoke about her last goodbye to her father’s remains. “I wanted to know how your dad was dressed when he left, do you know?”Nelly asks him. Laura Smet then revealed that he was “dressed in costume”, but not only. “He was very handsome. I’ll tell you something. I’ve never seen a dead person before.” And to continue: “When I came home I said to myself: ‘but he’s not my father, he’s much smaller’. His soul was so big […]but there I saw a body that was much smaller than my father.”
Laura also remembers the singer’s face: “It was clear that he had not suffered, his face was not tense at all”she delivers. David Hallyday’s sister, with whom she is more united than ever, also added that Johnny Hallyday in his black suit and a white shirt, was “very handsome, very elegant, with his hair, like a habit.”
Laura Smet never returned to her father’s grave
Laura Smet, who confided a few months ago how much she missed her father, also revealed that she had never returned to his grave, in Saint-Barthélémy, since the burial, in 2017. “It is far”, she simply justifies. In fact, ten hours by plane separate France from this small island in the Antilles. The admirer, Nelly, also explains that she cannot go because of her small retirement, and says regret that the idol of young people is buried so far from his fans. A regret shared by Laura Smet. “I didn’t know he was going to be buried this far away”she explains. “That goes for all people who have had parents buried far away.”
Nathalie Baye’s daughter, to whom she is very close, was the special guest on this podcast, broadcast for Johnny Hallyday’s birthday. The interpreter of “Light the fire” would have been 81 years old this Saturday, June 15. “In the life of Nelly” tells the story of this unconditional fan, who discovered the singer during his concert at the Parc des Princes in 1993 and has followed her ever since. Faithful, among the faithful.
