Nolwenn Leroy, the words of her father with whom she is at odds: “I suffer from it every day”

When she was just a child, Nolwenn Leroy saw her father leave the family home never to return. Aged 11, the singer was traumatized by this event which deeply shook her. “My mother was left with nothing” the 42-year-old singer confided to journalists from Here is. In a relationship with former tennis player Arnaud Clément since January 2008 and mother of a son named Marin, born July 12, 2017, the singer of the title Broken has since completely cut ties with him. “When I was younger, around the time my parents separated and my father left, we ended up with my mom and my little sister... (editor’s note: Nolwenn Leroy has a sister named Kay) If we hadn't had my grandmother to welcome us into her home, we would have also found ourselves on the street. And there are plenty of situations like that“, the artist revealed with sadness during an evening organized in favor of the Abbé Pierre Foundation.

Interviewed by our colleagues from TV StarNolwenn's dad, former footballer Jean-Luc Le Magueresse, expressed his feelings about this situation, which also affects him enormously. “I suffer from it every day. I did everything to make it work. I never cut ties, never. When I read in the press that I abandoned her when she was 10, I was really scandalized“, he said, explaining that for him he had never abandoned her. “She doesn't want to know anything. I would like so much for her to digest this divorce and for me to finally be able to hold her in my arms“, he confided, exasperated at having “lost“his precious daughter. Very proud of her, he explained: “She loved doing little shows, she was already tapping on my synth. He was an incredible character. Very strong. You shouldn't bother him too much. She impresses me“.

Nolwenn Leroy abandoned her father's name

For her career, Nolwenn Leroy also chose the name of her mother Muriel Leroy. A choice dictated by Laurent Voulzy and Alain Souchon. “The public discovered me under my first name, which is my real first name. At the time of recording my first album this stage name was already taken by another artist (…) Laurent was with Alain. He submitted the idea to Alain. They were thinking. They asked me: 'What is your mother's name?' They told me 'Leroy, it's fabulous'”, she explained.