His first name means “who loves horses”
Philippe Katerine : True. Phile, who loves. Hip, hip, horse racing, racetrack, who loves horses, indeed.
Neymar never came to the neighbors’ party. True or false ?
Philippe Katerine : True. He was my neighbor. I could see it from my window. What moved me a lot, of course, was seeing him come back from work. I saw him put down his bag, sometimes sadly, after a defeat, sometimes gloriously.
He will have a roundabout in his name
Philippe Katerine : False. That is to say, I was born in Thouars. The government of Thouars proposed to me to baptize a roundabout with my name. And then afterwards, the idea evaporated a little because part of the government of Thouars did not want. Me, I did not have a crazy ambition to give my name to a roundabout, even if I respect the roundabouts a lot.
He wrote a song for Rihanna
Philippe Katerine : True, I sometimes compose songs for others, that is to say for Rihanna, for Kanye West …
A pig saved his life
Philippe Katerine : True. I had heart surgery when I was 8 years old. I had a hole in my heart and they replaced it with pigskin which is the most compatible with the human body.
He only wears clothes that have already been worn
Philippe Katerine : False. If I’m being honest, not all of the clothes I wear have been worn.
He prefers his Caesar to his Victoire de la Musique
Philippe Katerine : Completely false. Both suit me very well. One is a weapon, the other is not. The Caesar weighs around 3.5kg, well, I mean he’s an infant. The Victory of Music weighs a few grams.
He did a song on Marine Le Pen
Philippe Katerine : True. I did a song on Marine Le Pen. It’s a very ugly song but I think it’s necessary to do it sometimes too.