Like Quentin de Montargis, the character he plays in Francis Veber’s comedy Shut your mouth ! broadcast this Tuesday, March 1 on TFX, Gérard Depardieu does not have his tongue in his pocket. When it comes to his family and children, however, the 73-year-old actor is a little more quiet…
However, this discretion does not prevent him from distilling some information about his relatives and his clan when he wants to, as in 2019. Guest of The original band on France Inter with Christian Clavier and Bertrand Blier for the film Exceptional convoyGérard Depardieu revealed one of the most beautiful proofs of love he had given to two of his children, Julie and Guillaume Depardieu, the fruits of his relationship with Elisabeth Guignot: a tattoo in their honor.
Two little words which, if they do not take up a lot of space, nevertheless mean a lot: “Pouf, it was Guillaume, Cha was Julie. This is what I tattooed on the inside of my elbow. It was a little bird that carried a pansy. No one ever sees it, maybe it’s badly written. I did this a very long time ago.“
Relations have long been complicated between Gérard Depardieu and his children. Especially William. If the two suffered the weight of the popularity of their father, Guillaume is the one who suffered the most. The teenager he was at the time reproached him for his absences, his job “futile and stupid“, his “desire to be loved” more by others than by his own children. This anger and this rage, Guillaume Depardieu translated it by his escapades and his consumption of illicit substances. In 2003, their relationship took a new turn after the amputation of the right leg by Guillaume Depardieu. If the father wishes his son all the happiness in the world, the latter officially signs their breakup: “My father is a coward, a cheat, an upstart. He was unable to mourn his parents. Unable to raise children“. Five years later, Guillaume Depardieu died in Garches hospital, without his father being able to say goodbye to him.
The links were calmer with Julie Depardieu, although the star ofAlexandra Ehle has also suffered from the profession of Gérard Depardieu. Like her big brother Guillaume, Julie Depardieu even avoids calling her “dad“: “It does not belong to me. It wasn’t easy when we were little because “you understand, a role like that, he can’t refuse it” she confided to Current wife. It is true that it has become a monument. I once went to Russia with him. It’s incredible the dimension he has abroad. I would like to stop talking about him, but I can’t refuse: somewhere, he has become a public figure“. She has no less esteem for him: “Thanks to my father, I find it easier to talk to a valet than to a guy who is interested in me because I supposedly represent something. […] I’ve always seen my dad do that. He’s a guy… there aren’t two like him.“That’s for sure!