Anecdotes involving Johnny Hallydaymany business owners can relate. Pierre Gagnaire would not say otherwise. Indeed, the chef was invited by Xavier De Moulins in his show on RTL : At the heart of creation. It’s a radio show in which the former host of 66 Minutes on M6 takes us to meet men and women who have decided to devote their lives to an art. They reveal their secrets and are a source of inspiration for us.
In addition to talking about his job as a chef, the chef remembers an unforgettable moment with Laeticia Hallyday’s former companion in 1995, in his restaurant in Saint-Étienne. It was when Xavier De Moulins asked him if “it got out of hand a few times” during Johnny’s visits that Pierre Gagnaire made an amusing revelation.
“It got out of hand once in Saint-Étienne. He was coming out of a show, it was very cold. He arrived very late. I spent an hour in front of him, he was already very tired”he first confided before continuing: “And indeed, then, it went a bit into a tailspin. He ended up on the table… I won’t say more. But the legend from Saint-Etienne said that he broke everything, which was absolutely not true because He was a very gentle person.”
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An evening that goes wrong… with Patrick Sébastien
“That was in your restaurant in Saint-Etienne in 1995 and he really broke everything?”asked the journalist, before his guest clarified: “He didn’t break anything at all!” This evening perhaps ended better than in 2001 with Patrick Sébastien. In his book entitled Live and be reborn every daypublished on September 29, 2022 by Editions XOthe latter in fact tells a much less amusing anecdote about the Taulier that he was able to meet “completely torn”in a posh restaurant in Paris.
If Patrick Sébastien was shocked by the artist’s behavior, it was especially the entourage of Johnny Hallydaywhich outraged him. “In a separate room, Johnny Hallyday celebrates a birthday. A crowd of around thirty “friends” surrounds him. The court of the king. Invited to the feast upon simple presentation of an official flatterer card. Fine food, laughter and alcohol. Lots of alcohol. Too much. Especially for the Taulier”first recalled the interpreter of Sardines before continuing: “Suddenly, I see him tumbling alone, staggering to the end of the large room. He is looking for the toilet. What followed was pitiful. He was swaying between the tables. He fell three times, without anyone daring to intervene . Ridiculous puppet, the god of the Stade de France had become the lousy star of a show at the end of a wedding banquet. The spectators of this masquerade were barely applauding at each fall. We felt throughout the The assembly is a mixture of pity largely exceeded by the pride of attending the event. Drunk Johnny! You’re talking about a legendary moment to tell those around you.”
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