Jean-Jacques Goldman, star of song and… of discretion! At 71, the age he celebrates on October 11, 2022, the genius performer-songwriter has been able to chart his course in the music industry without exposing himself. The man is now married to Nathalie Thu Huong-Lagier, born in 1979, whom he met when she was a math student and a fan of his. They have three children – Maya (2004), Kimi (2005) and Rose (2007) – and live in Marseilles, after having lived for years in London. Before this relationship, the singer was in a relationship with the psychologist Catherine Morlet, the mother of his first three children. In the book All it takes is a sign written by his childhood friend Jean Bender, we learned how the artist had managed his relationship to preserve it.
All it takes is a sign is the song released in 1981 that marks the beginning of success for Jean-Jacques Goldman. Here he is propelled to the front of the stage. In his private life, he was at that time married for six years to Catherine Morlet. Jean Bender, interviewed by Tele-Leisure for the release of his book, remembers this time: “He really separated his family life and his star life. And he didn’t want it to get mixed up! He always wanted to put that barrier between Jean-Jacques and Goldman. And stay Jean-Jacques for his family and friends. Success meant that he was not often at home, but he tried to be as much as possible: as soon as he did a show or a concert, he returned immediately..”
Despite his popularity, Jean-Jacques Goldman had remained the same man and only had eyes for the one he had known from childhood because their parents were friends. He was far from the stereotype of the celebrity which connects the flirtations: “We found it odd: he was already an adult as a teenager.“His boyfriend adds that in hindsight, he understands his great friend’s attitude: “When you don’t need to multiply meetings, it’s because you already know yourself well.“Despite all his involvement and his energy, he was unable to devote himself to his family as he would have liked. After his remarriage with Nathalie twenty years ago, he tried to offer more time to his loved ones .
The couple between the interpreter of Like you and Catherine Morlet became a parent three times: Caroline, born in 1975 and who followed in the professional footsteps of her mother, Michael, born in 1979 and co-founder of the My Major Company label, and Nina, born in 1985 who chose to become a pediatrician. Some explain the end of their love story because of the immense success of the artist, in great demand in France and beyond. “He suffered a lot from having sacrificed his first family life on the altar of his career“, explained Jean-Pierre Pasqualini, music specialist, in 2015.