They loved each other between 1988 and 1991, despite their age difference, she was 15 and he was 26. Between Vanessa Paradis and Florent Pagny, it was so strong that when the singer faced cancer, his ex called back to check on him. This is what he confides this November 30, 2023, to Paris Match.
“The illness meant that at one point she worried about me”
He who announced his complete remission a few days ago, revealed that the actress and singer had contacted him a few months ago. And to admit: “It was a pleasure […] It’s normal to worry about what happens to someone you spent three years of your life with! […] The illness meant that at one point she worried about me.”
However, Florent Pagny assures about their reports: “But we weren’t going to suddenly go back.” He who is now married to Azucena Caamaño and father of Inca and Aël also specifies concerning the mother of Lily Rose and Jack, now married to Samuel Benchétrit: “Since then, everyone had their own happiness, she saw that I had found my other half, started my family…”
No hard feelings, therefore, for the one who was left by Vanessa Paradis, just when she was becoming “the new superstar”he said. “I could no longer be in the picture…” he recalls of their story. Florent Pagny says: “I understood that he had to move on after the film ‘White Wedding’ […] it is thanks to this that she started a career as an actress which attracted her almost more than singing […] She wins the César, becomes Chanel muse…”
A real heartbreak for the one who had nevertheless restored confidence in Vanessa Paradis, in the trough of the wave. He still believes today: “That’s the principle of a love story, right? Helping the other, supporting them. At that time, Vanessa was a bit of a laughing stock in the country, because we had seen too much of her with her ‘Joe the taxi’“.
“She already had so much in her…“
And to add: “So I told him: ‘Don’t worry, everyone is wrong. They don’t realize who you are, you will reveal yourself because you are much more than that’. And I explained that too to those around her, her parents her uncle. But hey, it wasn’t that complicated, she already had so much in her…”
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