The life of Dani, Danièle Graule of her real name, has been strewn with difficulties as much as with success. If her declining career in the heart of the 1990s almost erased her from the music scene and unfortunately made her fall into drugs, Etienne Daho came to pick her up by the hand to make her comeback. like a boomerangtaken over by Serge Gainsbourg, propelled her back to stardom in the early 2000s. Captain Marleau notably.
But it wasn’t just in the spotlight that Dani felt loved and fulfilled. If her love affair with Benjamin Auger ultimately did not hold after several infidelities and humiliations, she nevertheless said yes to him. For the simple and good reason that she wanted to protect her children. A major sacrifice made out of love for Emmanuel and Julien, his two sons.
Rare are the times when Dani shamelessly talks about her personal life. If she lays it on the pages of her autobiographies like The night does not last, published by Flammarion in 2016, it made an exception the same year for promotion to Gala journalists. Dani did not give birth to Emmanuel. The latter entered the singer’s life at the same time as her father, Benjamin Auger: “He was only four months old. I raised him as my son, and for him to stay with me, I needed there to be a sealed bond between us. So we had to have another child with Benjamin“confided Dani.
This other child will be called Julien and will expand the family five years later, without any jealousy breaking the bond between the boys: “When I was expecting Julien, one day, Emmanuel put his hand on my belly and asked if he too was fidgeting like this. I answered him : “No, you, I found you all done, when I took you in my arms, you were moving very hard”. I dropped him off at school and burst into tears.“Her heart was booming and banging every time she thought about it. Especially when she pointed out the one negative point of being a mom:”I cry everyday because I don’t see them enough (…) It’s the only place I feel grandma, they take care of me like I’m bedridden.” Here they are, sadly orphaned.