Guest on November 23, 2024 on the show Facing Hanounabroadcast on C8, Sylvie Vartan will undoubtedly talk about her tour I bow out or his appearance on stage during his son David Hallyday's concert. Married to Johnny from 1965 to 1980, the singer of the title The most beautiful to go dancing had decided to leave the rocker after a few up and down years.
“I couldn't stand these back and forths anymore“she confided in the columns of Paris Match in 2021 despite the fact that she admitted to having wanted another child from him: “I would have liked to have had a second child with him. Life decided otherwise. I don't know if it would have changed the end of our story.”
Interviewed by the magazine Here ParisJean-Jacques Debout revealed how he had helped Johnny, who was in very bad shape after his breakup with Sylvie Vartan. “I considered him my little brother. After his separation from Sylvie [Vartan]he lived with us for two years, in our apartment on rue des Saints-Pères (Paris VI, editor’s note)“. At the time, Jean-Jacques Debout was already married to Chantal Goya. They said 'yes' in 1966, two years after meeting at a wedding. Together, they have two children: Jean-Paul, born in 1966, and Clarisse, born in 1968.
Johnny Hallyday, a sometimes very noisy neighbor
A new neighbor who is sometimes noisy for the residents of this building who have seen quite a few bikes and bikers pass by. Jean-Jacques Debout says: “Some neighbors still remember the times when he would ride with his biker friends aboard their big Harleys. We made the stupid mistake of putting in a very light-colored carpet that Chantal regularly scrubbed to remove the grease stains… Those years were so funny! Johnny was extraordinary, even in his anger… which never lasted long. It's for him that I wrote For me, life will begin (editor's note: one of the songs written by Jean-Jacques Debout in the film Where do you come from Johnny?)”. A very strong friendship which lasted until the death of the captain on December 5, 2017.
