It is a moving and overwhelming Sheila who confided this Sunday, September 4 on the set of Can’t wait for Sunday on France 3. Guest of honor of Michel Drucker, the 77-year-old singer looked back on her 60-year career through the ups and downs she experienced during all these years of high exposure.
In this show, Sheila spoke with emotion about the tragic death of her son Ludovic Chancel on July 7, 2017 following a cocaine overdose. Born on April 7, 1975, Ludovic is the result of her relationship with the singer Ringo (real name Guy Bayle) with whom she married on February 13, 1973. Only son of Sheila, the deceased had a daughter, Tara Rose , now 20 years old. The singer dedicated a song to him called pacing horse in his last album Come from elsewhere released in 2021.”Ludo had a life which is obviously not the one I would have chosen for him. Afterwards, his road is his road. She obviously traumatized mine a lot because he went to the other side. And unfortunately the parents who lose a child never recover“, she insisted.
I’m a mom, whatever my name is
The singer then spoke about the reasons that led her to make this title: “I wanted to do this song because, first of all, I wanted to pay homage to her, I wanted to explain to her the internal heartbreak that a mother experiences. Because Sheila, who cares. I’m a mom, whatever my name is. I am not the only one. There are lots of mothers who lose their sons. And I find that compared to that I wanted through a little song that we share our little sorrow“, she concluded with emotion.
On August 16, Sheila celebrated her 77th birthday. A few years earlier, in 2015, when his son had experienced a dispute with his mother, the latter had dedicated a touching message to him on Instagram for his 70th birthday. “It is obvious that for me August 16 was a special date, despite a conflict that separates us she remains for me my Mom above all. I wish him health, love, peace and the best for the future. I am very happy for her for the affection that all of France touches her for her 70th birthday and I will just end with a few words: I love you. your pill“, he had written.