Interviewed by journalists from ParisianSylvie Vartan returned to her love story with Johnny Hallyday. A romance which lasted almost twenty years and which gave birth to David in 1966. Their first meeting dates back to December 1961 backstage at the Olympia in Paris. Already a big star, Johnny meets the young singer considered very promising for the first time. Four years later, the couple married in Loconville, in Oise. After a passionate relationship for many years, Sylvie Vartan decided to divorce on November 5, 1980. Very close to the rocker, the two exes kept a strong bond after their breakup, the Taulier even coming regularly to the singer and her new husband Tony Scotti.
We can't be at peace
“It's been seven years since Johnny left us. What's left of him in you?” the journalists ask him Parisianreferring to December 5, 2017, the date of Johnny Hallyday's death. “Youth, madness, passion, crazy love… And then David, it’s a lot” she replies wistfully. To find out if she is “in peace” with his disappearance, the interpreter of the title The Maritza confides: “No, we cannot be at peace. How to be? It's a very sad moment. Also because things were evolving in a climate that was not what it seemed like. He didn't look like the person he was younger, who he really was. He was tired, not well, sick… It's sad“.
Sylvie Vartan still often thinks of Johnny Hallyday
Sincere and touching, Sylvie Vartan even confesses to still thinking about him very often.”Even when we were separated, he often came to our house, he loved Tony very much and vice versa… He often spent time with us in Los Angeles…” explains the 80-year-old singer.
As a reminder, Sylvie Vartan is preparing to start a farewell tour to her audience. His concerts began on November 8 at the Dôme de Paris until November 10. Sylvie Vartan will then go to the Palais des Congrès from January 24 to 26, 2025. for final dates. All information on Sylvie Vartan's farewell tour is available on its official website.
