Until now, there was still some doubt: did Dalida have a love affair with François Mitterrand? If some affirmed it loud and clear, neither one nor the other has ever made anything official. This Sunday, November 10, on the set of Looking forward to Sundayher brother Orlando, returning to his previous statements, confirmed that the singer and the former President of the Republic had indeed maintained a relationship: “I know something happened.” The producer, after explaining that he had remained silent until now to preserve his sister's privacy, also revealed why he had chosen to reveal the truth today: “Time passes. I might as well say so,” rather than “biographers” self-proclaimed “who know nothing”…
Orlando also pointed out a certain hypocrisy on the part of the media with regard to this idyll. “They had known each other for ten years. No one was offended, no questions were asked. He was not president. The day he became president, it 'freaked the web', as the people say. media.” A situation “not very pleasant” for the star of the song, drawn against her will into a controversy which she would have done well without, and very uncomfortable with regard to the wife of her lover, Danielle Mitterrand, who had to deal with several mistresses. Orlando also revealed other new information about the relationship between François Mitterrand and the unforgettable interpreter of Words, words. “After ten years of friendship, when he became president, he started again!”
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“He is going to be assassinated”: why the secret services feared for the life of François Mitterrand
Still on the set of Vivement Dimanche, Orlando remembered an anecdote that he had already mentioned two years ago, on the set ofWe are live. Following his election to the presidency, to visit the woman who had once again become his mistress, the head of state, who had “all the nerves”came “ring at any time”and did not hesitate to take all the risks, confirming the comments made in April 2022: “He came without a bodyguard, he crossed the street which was very small, tight, there was no light at all. The secret services said one day: 'He is going to be assassinated.'” And so one morning, Dalida was woken up by the sound of construction in her street, to discover that a row of street lights was being installed…
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