Vitaa had promised to reveal her intimate life in the documentary “My name is Charlotte”, and she kept her word. Broadcast Friday evening in prime time on TMC, the film directed by Matthieu Valluet strives to retrace the crazy rise of a young singer from the Lyon suburbs, self-conscious about her image and who clung to her dream when all the doors closed. Thanks to the hits “Nocturnal Confessions” with Diam’s and “At the flower of you”, Vitaa will enter the spotlight and never leave it again. “ I want to be a great mother and to be a great artist who also lives up to what people expect of me. I always feel like I have to swing, I have to balance and it's not easy. I have great moments of guilt » explains in the first minutes of the documentary the star with eight NRJ Music Awardswhich qualifies as a “ mother hen “. And makes sure to offer his children moments of normality despite his stature: “ When you've been doing this job for 15 years, it's hard to go unnoticed ». « She tries to be everyone but she's not everyone » recalls her friend and hairdresser Soraya to the camera.
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“Loud knocks on a door”
In December 2023, the singer will pay the price for her popularity hard. With her family, she was the victim of a homejacking in her house located in Rueil-Malmaison. Three armed individuals rushed into his sleeping home early one morning, entering through the garden, as evidenced by the remote surveillance images broadcast in the documentary. “ It was almost six in the morning. There is everyone at home, there is my baby, my daughter, my daughter-in-law, my husband, my children sleeping in the basement, and in my sleep I hear knocks. Loud knocks on a door » recalls Vitaa, still shaken by this event: “ The window breaks, I am in my nightie in front of my dressing room door. My husband tells me to call the police. The guys open the door and the alarm goes off. (…) And there is a guy in front of me with a balaclava who raises his bat at me and yells at me: “Give me the money, give me the jewelry” ».
“It makes you hate being famous”
At this time equipped with hearing protection for sleep, Vitaa passes through all states. “ I had horrible thoughts. I said to myself “He's going to rape me”, I'm telling you the truth. I said to myself: “this is going to last a really long time” »Relates the singer in a trembling voice. While she redirects the thugs towards her property to protect her children, Vitaa sees her daughter-in-law in tears » : « I see her crying, I am shocked. Luckily, she managed to hide her phone. I call the police, I tell them that there is a burglary in progress, that they are kidnapping us “. With exemplary responsiveness, the authorities arrived on site “ in 4 minutes “. The thugs are caught in the act. “ They were arrested, they had everything on them. It could have been so much worse! Neither me nor my husband nor my daughter were hit. But the trauma started after that. Living with the fear of being woken up in the middle of the night, of putting nothing in your home, is still something » lists Vitaa, who speaks of “ one of the most trying and traumatic nights » of his life: “ It makes you hate being famous. I still have a 20 month old little girl who experienced a homejacking with a hooded guy on top of her. ».
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This is how for Vitaa, “ notoriety is as strong as it is dangerous “. And this experience led her to a radical decision: in the documentary, the 41-year-old artist confirms, during a discussion with her son, that she wants to stop her career to benefit more from her family. “ What do you think about me stopping singing and writing for others? » she asks Adam, 10, who replies: “ Well that's good, at least you're still working ». « That's it, and you don't see me anymore. This is my project » then states Vitaa taking for example Diam’s : « I know that I too will soon come out of the light ».
