Brigitte Bardot is on all fronts. Actress, model, singer, animal rights activist, Nicolas Jacques Charrier’s mother has been living at 100 an hour since her debut in show business. Patron in his spare time, the interpreter of I play also supported many artists during his career. Among the latter: Jahloul Bouchikhi, by his stage name Chico Bouchikhi. Guest of Damien Thévenot on the set Telematin this Friday, May 5, 2023, the co-founder of the Gipsy Kings returned to Brigitte Bardot’s unwavering support for her group.
Brigitte Bardot “has been greatly responsible for the growth, the expansion of the group”says the journalist. “She believed in you, she put you on the front of the stage”. According to the guitarist, it all started in 1978. “She not only loved us, but she tried to make all her friends love us,” he explains. “She was calling all her friends at the time saying, ‘But listen, they are real artists, you have to listen to them, you have to take them’.”
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“She believed in us and that’s why I pay tribute to her as soon as I can because for us, at the time of the Gipsy Kings already, there was a before and after Brigitte bardot”. Number 1 fan of Chico Bouchikhi’s group, the now 88-year-old actress even dressed up for a long time to attend all their concerts.
“We weren’t known and she came with us to private parties. She was a skirt for me, a wig and when we were playing she started dancing and people who didn’t know said to themselves: ‘C ‘is incredible, the dancer looks like Brigitte Bardot’.” One hell of an anecdote!
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“When she came with us to private parties, she put on a wig and no one recognized her”@ChicoGypsies45 years of career, has been successful in part thanks to… Brigitte Bardot ⭐️ #Telematinpic.twitter.com/s4yZt66PDc
— Telematin (@telematin) May 5, 2023