On December 5, 2017, Johnny Hallyday died at the age of 74, following a long battle with cancer. Five years after his disappearance, the tensions of the Hallyday clan seem to have withered. Guest of the morning show of RTL “Let yourself be tempted”, David Hallyday, eldest of the four children of the rocker, returned to the contracted childhood he lived, marked by the absences of his father, who privileged his career music to his family life.
At the microphone of Steven Bellery, the one who recently learned to be suffering from the same disease as his father, returned to the rare moments of joy he shared with his father, when he returned to the family home, most often late in at night and surrounded by his friends: ”He was often gone, he was often on tour, so there were moments of music at five o’clock in the morning to play the drums with his friends, when they came home early. There were funny moments like that, (even if) it amused my mother less I think, but me it amused me a lot. It seemed to amuse him too” he confided.
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A ”formative” absence
If he admitted having had to share his father with his fans because of “celebrity and the kind of frenzy” that was grafted on to it, David Hallyday is nonetheless proud to have been able to forge a shell over time, allowing him to better manage the lack: “Obviously, it’s complicated for the children who are there, and who don’t see their father too much, but at the same time, somewhere, it’s formative. The lack, it allows you to be stronger, to mount certain security barriers while moving forward, but it’s complicated to manage” concluded the interpreter of You did not give me time. .
CG