Sylvie Vartan: Her husband Tony Scotti talks about his relationship with his ex Johnny Hallyday, “I asked him to stop…”

Married from 1965 to 1980 to Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan became the mother of David, born August 14, 1966, with Taulier. After their breakup, the singer who will be on stage in January 2025 at the Palais des Congrès in the tour I bow outfell in love with Tony Scotti, actor and producer. Together, the couple adopted Darina, born October 8, 1997 in Bulgaria. Despite the grief he felt after his divorce from Sylvie Vartan, the Taulier always got along well with the singer's new husband.

You know Sylvie, she's also my wife…

Interviewed by Paris Matchhe declared: “I was the one who came after Johnny, but I had enough confidence in myself not to suffer from it. I considered him like a little brother. Johnny had the habit of inviting himself to our house, unannounced, without his own family knowing, and we talked about the job. He loved it when I told him my stories with the artists he admired“. A good understanding even if Johnny Hallyday, who died in 2017, always had a deep affection for Sylvie Vartan, as evidenced by an anecdote revealed by Tony Scotti: “One day, a little angry, he said to me: 'You know Sylvie, she's also my wife.' I politely asked him to stop making such comments. And we had a laugh…“.

Sylvie Vartan discusses the relationship between Tony Scotti and Johnny Hallyday

Interviewed by the Parisian about his divorce from the singer of the title Light the fire and her relationship with Tony Scotti, Sylvie Vartan, who became great-grandmother of Harrison (fruit of the love between Ilona Smet and Kamran Ahmed) had confided: “Even when we were separated, he often came to our house, he really liked Tony [Scotti, son mari depuis 1984] and vice versa… He often spent time with us in Los Angeles…“Nostalgic, she added that the death of the Taulier was very hard for her to live with.”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“, she concluded.