Guest of the show There is only one life in life on Europe 1, Philippe Katerine made surprising confidences about his stepfather Gérard Depardieu.
Since their meeting on the set of the film I am no man’s land, Philippe Katerine and Julie Depardieu form a tight-knit couple. Together since 2010, the lovebirds have two children: Billy, 10, and Alfred, 9. A family life on which the actress and daughter of Gérard Depardieu had agreed to confide in the columns of Paris Match, last January. “Our love is mysterious. I never thought it would fall on me. Besides, I didn’t want children, the idea scared me. I didn’t think I was made for family life”, declared the star of the France 3 series Alexandra ehle.
Philippe Katerine close to Gérard Depardieu
Almost a year later, it is Philippe Katerine who indulged in some confidences about his family. Guest of the show There is only one life in life on Europe 1, Saturday, December 25, the actor and singer spoke as rarely of his relationship with his famous father-in-law. The opportunity to discover that the discussions of Gérard Depardieu and his son-in-law essentially revolve around the same subject. “It still revolves a lot around what we are going to eat. We never stray too far from food“, reveals the interpreter of Luxor I love. And to praise his step-dad’s cooking skills: “He cooks very well, he has it in his skin, and I can tell you that everything is polished. The dishes are done by hand. As soon as it’s finished, everything is clean, there is no need to ‘come back to it. “
“He is a very astonishing being”
Close to Gérard Depardieu, whom he also made turn in one of his clips, Philippe Katerine is full of praise for him. “He is a very astonishing being. There are actors like that who are artists, who make you see life differently, life like you’ve never seen it before. And that is still a great quality “, confides the 53-year-old artist, who has found a funny trick to calm his stepfather when the latter loses his temper. As he would with a child, Philippe Katerine gives a white sheet and pencils to the one he nicknames “Grandpa” to draw. “It’s an excessive drawing, a thick drawing, very swirling, but I see that it is very good when he draws because you come to a descent.”