The sentimental life of the stars fascinates their many fans. Michel Boujenah makes his family a surprising confidence. He reveals that he had a hot affair with a friend of his mother’s, whom he fantasized about as a child.
It’s in the podcast In the retro hosted by Déborah Grunwald and broadcast on France Blue that Michel Boujenah returned to this landmark episode in his life as a man. The hero of plays Farewell to the Magnificent and Unknown at this address said he had an affair with a friend of his mother’s. This woman, named Muriel, Michel Boujenah knew her as a child. She spent her holidays with them in Tunisia in the early 1960s.
“She arrived at the house by the sea, she was in a swimsuit on the beach, and every time she walked past me, I slapped her on the buttocks“Remembers Michel Boujenah. He found her many years later, in 1980, by the greatest of luck. The then 28-year-old actor crosses her path on Boulevard Saint-Germain, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. . They have dinner together. After a few days, Muriel surprises him at his place and declares: “Do whatever you want to me.“
“Thanks to that, I’ve never been a jerk. The discovery of women and pleasure came late, but the real discovery of it all was then. It was so pretty, harmonious, tender and respectful. It was a very important moment in my life.“
In his episode of In the Retro, Michel Boujenah evokes another important passage in his life, namely his marriage to Isabelle Luzet. They are parents of two children, a boy and a girl named Joseph and Louise. Last June, Michel Boujenah and his 21-year-old daughter made a rare appearance together at the CINEROMAN Festival in Nice. They had attended the screening of the film Black Box by Yann Gozlan, a thriller starring André Dussollier, Lou de La age and Pierre Niney.
Find the interview with Michel Boujenah in In The Retro on the France Bleu website.