Gérard Darmon is a fulfilled man. Since the year 2000, the 74-year-old actor has been in a relationship with Christine, twenty-five years his junior. The couple got married in 2014 and life gave them a little girl who answers to the sweet name of Léna (5 years old). A marvel on which he confided during an interview for Gala.
Gérard Darmon was already the father of three children. Virginie was born in 1968 from her former union with Nicole Recoules. And with his ex-girlfriend Mathilda May, he had a daughter named Sarah (born in 1994) and a boy named Jules (born in 1997). He then thought he was done with fatherhood. However, with Christine, he understood that nothing was carved in stone. His wife dreamed of carrying his child, a wish that came true. Their baby was born on August 14, 2017, an arrival that shocked the star. “She gives me a lot of energy. My life has really changed since she arrived. I give her everything I can“, he confided to Gala.
Gérard Darmon savors this happiness all the more since Christine and him took many years before having the happiness of discovering that their family was going to grow. “For fifteen years Christine and I were unable to have children together. She is twenty-four years younger than me. One day, at 43, she found herself pregnant. I already had three children, Virginie, from a first union, then Sarah and Jules from my union with Mathilda May. I wasn’t going to oppose this birth“, remembered the rival of Edwy Plenel.
The emblematic figure of French cinema is therefore today at the head of a tribe of four children, from different generations. And he makes a point of their “instill a sense of brotherhood“so that his beautiful blended family is united.”I have cordial relations with my exes, but no more. I find it hard to understand those who say: ‘It’s great, we have a very good relationship’ and who go to dinner together, with the new spouses. I have too much imagination to bear this“, concluded Gérard Darmon.