On December 5, 2017, France lost its most popular singer and Laeticia Hallyday the man of her life: Johnny Hallyday breathed his last breath, carried away after a fight against cancer. For this sad anniversary, his widow confided in RTL.
Laeticia Hallyday, who maintains the memory of the rocker through various actions – musical projects, Parisian statue, vigils at the marine cemetery of Saint-Barthélemy -, will never be able to forget Johnny. “I learned to live with this bereavement, to be resilient too, to hold on to this future that must be built without it. I let time do its work, help me and accompany me because there is no cure for mourning. For me it will never be gone, it will always be there in my heart, it is part of me and of my life“She said from her new home in Los Angeles. A home still located in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, just 1 kilometer from the old one, and where she is rebuilding her life with her daughters Jade and Joy. to his new companion, actor and director Jalil Lespert, he goes there regularly.
This new story of the heart, Laeticia Hallyday logically evoked it. After a long period of mourning, she had a brief romance with the restaurateur Pascal Balland then, now, it is with Jalil Lespert that she finds a taste for life. “It’s complicated to relearn how to love when you’ve loved a man like Johnny, when you’ve loved a man unconditionally, it takes time (…) Today I’m getting there by telling myself that he would be proud, he wanted me to rebuild my life, for me and for my daughters“She assured the radio. It is true that at only 46 years old, Laeticia Hallyday could not force herself to mourn and be a widow until the end of her life.
With Jalil Lespert, she divides her time between California, Saint-Barth and France where the latter has his ties since his children live here. A romance in the four corners of the world that is worn today like clockwork.