Since the start of her career, in the 1970s, Nathalie Baye has experienced more love stories. Notably with Philippe Léotard then Johnny Hallyday. But in recent years, the actress has been particularly discreet on this subject.
Nathalie Baye, French actress, had significant romantic relationships with Philippe Léotard, Johnny Hallyday and Jean-Louis Borloo between 1972 and 1988.
Her relationship with Philippe Léotard was marked by problems linked to alcohol and drugs, while her romance with Johnny Hallyday gave birth to their daughter Laura Smet.
Find out how Nathalie Baye navigated her tumultuous relationships to finally embrace singleness and solitude.
Nathalie Baye's love life has not been a smooth ride. A prolific and multi-awarded actress for her successful career, she has turned the heads of the greatest. But today, it is in celibacy that she flourishes. “I have never been able to live a lifetime with the same man, in the same houseconfided the actress in the columns of the Sunday Journal. I am an intermittent loner. I'm not a loner but I need solitude.”
The first man in her life? It was Philippe Léotard, whom Nathalie Baye met on the set of Faustine and the beautiful summer by Nina Companeez in 1972. Between the young graduate of the National Higher Conversation of Dramatic Art, 24 years old, and the co-founder of the Théâtre du Soleil, 8 years her senior, it was a real love at first sight. So much so that he left his wife and the mother of his two children, Liliane Caulier.
His crush on Johnny Hallyday
But the honeymoon only lasted a short while. “Philippe Léotard was a wonderful man and artist. He was unfortunately self-destructive and a prisoner of alcohol and drugs, told Nathalie Baye in the JDD. At first, he smoked a few joints and then, when he started taking stronger drugs, he was no longer able to cope. Actor couples are fragile. There is still an underlying rivalry between them. Men tolerate it less well than women. When cinema got involved, things were more complicated between us.“
After ten years of love, Nathalie Baye and Philippe Léotard left in 1982 when she crossed paths with Johnny Hallyday. Then married to Babeth Etienne, the rocker fell in love with the actress on the set of a number of Formula One of the Carpenters. A year later, they welcomed Laura Smet. And their highly publicized romance won't last long. Because the two stars only stayed together for three short years. Which never stopped them from maintaining very good relations.
Nathalie Baye: this politician who was his companion
“He's disarming, you know. Quite the opposite of what you might think. He's very shy, charming and can be very funny. We had a good laugh togetherexplained the actress in the pages of Causette in January 2016. I'm glad he's finally being recognized for what he is. Because I assure you that at the time I heard some great ones. Everyone was wondering what the hell I was doing with that jerk.” Briefly in a relationship with Pierre Lescure, Nathalie Baye then found love again with Jean-Louis Borloo.
In 1988, she met him in Saint-Tropez just before he became mayor of the city of Valenciennes. Very discreet, the actress and the politician managed to keep their love story secret, which ended quite quickly. Later, he was credited with having an affair with actor Jean-Yves Berteloot, which he fiercely denied in 2013. Since then, Nathalie Baye has said nothing about her private life. But to believe his few confidences, her heart would not beat for any mane.
