This Friday March 15, 2024, Florent Pagny was in the spotlight on France 3, which dedicated a documentary film to him directed by his friend Emmanuelle Cosso. The ex-wife of Kad Merad, to whom she was married for more than twenty years, has been close to the singer who has been ill for more than thirty years, and wanted to dedicate to him a document called Florent tells Pagny, which he himself narrated. The audiences were, however, disappointing since only 1.52 million viewers responded to the call, representing 7.1% market share of the entire public. Last week, the documentary retracing the career and life of Céline Dion attracted 1.64 million fans, or 9% of the public. On the other hand, at the beginning of the month, the doc Thierry Ardisson dedicated to The golden age of advertising had failed, bringing together only 738,000 viewers against the Enfoirés.
In this documentary, Emmanuelle Cosso inevitably returned to the love stories experienced by Florent Pagny… and there are many! Between 1982 and 1985, the singer and actor lived a very “toxic” relationship with actress Patrice Millardet. But it was in 1988 that he made the cover of all the celebrity magazines, making it official his love story with Vanessa Paradis, then only 15 years old. Their story provokes a lively controversy, because of its minority on the one hand, and the eleven which separate them on the other hand.
He criticized her for being ungrateful in her autobiography
In his autobiography published last year and which has sold several hundred thousand copies, Florent Pagny was not tender with his ex-partner, who had since rebuilt his life with Johnny Depp, and now with Samuel Benchetrit. He then accused him of “ingratitude” against him, and a lack of respect for the strong love story that they had shared for more than three years… Vanessa Paradis had not responded to her ex’s attacks, but according to Emmanuelle Cosso, the two have since spoken… and reconciled !
Indeed, in an interview with Télé Star, Emmanuelle Cosso affirmed that Vanessa Paradis and Florent Pagny were on good terms, and that the rumors suggesting major disagreements were erroneous: “They get along well, there is mutual respect between them”she simply said. Since 1993, Florent Pagny has rebuilt his life with the Argentinian painter Azucena Caamañowith whom he had two children, Inca (28 years old) and Aël (25 years old). They have been married since 2006. Vegetarian since 2023, the sixty-year-old, who has been fighting cancer for two years, lives between Patagonia and France, and makes regular return trips due to his professional obligations on the one hand, and medical on the other.