Newcomer to the jury of The Voice, Nolwenn Leroy is one of the essential singers in France. Rather modest about her private life, the mother of little Marin had until then remained discreet about an important point in her life: her change of surname, at the start of her career. Indeed, daughter of footballer Jean-Luc Le Magueresse, she chose to take the name of her mother Muriel Leroy.
A choice that she assumes but of which she speaks very rarely. However, this Wednesday, February 22, 2022, she took advantage of the news to mention it in a story on Instagram. Indeed, the National Assembly is preparing to pass a law, proposed by Eric Dupont Moretti, which will allow children to change their surname more easily. While relaying the article, the singer spoke about her personal experience:Leroy is my mother’s name. Carrying his name, that’s what I wanted. To show him respect. My mom only had daughters and the name Leroy also ended up on my grandfather’s sister side“. Nolwenn Leroy has a little sister Kay, with whom she regularly goes to Roland-Garros and who evolves in the kitchens of the greatest restaurants as a pastry chef.
But Nolwenn also wants to continue “to bring this name and its history to life“. Very close to her mother, she had spoken several times about this woman of Auvergne origin who raised her daughters alone after her divorce. A difficult ordeal for Nolwenn, who knows that this has surely given her this character of a fighter. “I would not have this strength and this character that is mine today [sans le départ de son père]. To resist, not to let myself down, to bounce back, if I hadn’t had this path of life too“, she confided to Gala. “If he hadn’t left, would I have had this fate? I do not know. Would I have made as much music, would I have clung to the music as I clung to the music?“
Today, her career shines and her family life too: in a relationship for more than a decade with tennis player Arnaud Clément, she became the mother of a little Marin in 2017. Not to mention that we find her every Saturday in direct from The Voicewhere she will recover the talents eliminated in secret…