The great spring cleaning, that is very old-fashioned. It is autumn that Frédéric François chose to sort out his life. It’s not about getting rid of empty boxes, excess clothes or pushing furniture, but about completely changing your professional environment. According to information from the magazine France Sunday, the singer would have actually separated from about fifteen of his relatives, musicians and other fellow travelers in his profession. No explanation would have been given by the artist who celebrated his 72nd birthday last June.
Fortunately, there are things that do not move. His pillar, his rock, is his wife Monique, whom he married in 1970 and with whom he had four children: Gloria, Vincent, Anthony and Victoria – he also has six grandchildren. In a short time, Frédéric François celebrated his 50-year career, on the stage of the Grand Rex in Paris in 2019, and his 52 years of marriage, that is to say his tourmaline wedding. “She was the first to encourage me when she saw me with my guitar composing my first music, he already underlined in the columns of France Sunday. She supported me and accompanied me in my career. It was not easy at the time to live with a singer with babes. She was my mainstay. Another woman would have left me a hundred times.”
I lived a real ordeal
On the career side, Frédéric François really needed support, especially at the beginning, which Monique gave him more than reason. On the privacy side, it is now that the bottom hurts. Her son Anthony was accused of domestic violence and was summoned to appear in January 2018, in first instance at the criminal court in Huy, Belgium. The case ended in a dismissal. It is now Vincent, the son of Monique and Frédéric François, who separates from his partner, Angela, after 20 years of love and two daughters aged 14 and 10… because of alleged misconduct that would have had place in Thailand, where they reside. “At first it was going well but things quickly degenerated. Phuket is truly the island of temptation. I had a real ordeal there. Vincent really crossed the lineshe assures. Reading my testimony, I know that my father-in-law will not be happy. He doesn’t like to see the image of his family limited…“
Find all the information on Frédéric François in the magazine France Dimanche n°3973 of October 21, 2022.