A love story with a capital A. Featured in a new bonus from the series Scenes of householdsbroadcast this Monday January 29 on M6, Gérard Hernandez is in love like the first day of his wife Micheline. The iconic interpreter of Raymond crossed paths with his beloved in the 1950s. A meeting that stood out as obvious for the accomplice of the late Marion Game, as he confided in the podcast Shadows and lights of Tele-Leisure unveiled on September 14, 2023. “I told my boyfriend Jean Becker : ‘Do you see this girl? You’ll never see me without her’. And that was the case. It turns out she must have been thinking the same thing as me since she stayed.”, he said with tenderness. Before indicating that it was his wife who took the first step.
The years go by and the chemistry is still there between François’ parents. “Which is both dramatic and formidable, I feel like we’ve only just started our life together.”, he explained. During this interview, the 91-year-old actor revealed the secret to the longevity of his relationship. “To not be bored. We laughed and we continue to laugh.”, he first explained. And to continue: “There are bad times of course, but never be bored. And then, you need a certain admiration for each other. As for her, I don’t know if she admires me very much. Finally, me, I greatly admire.” Gérard Hernandez and Micheline have found the recipe for their happiness.
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Gérard Hernandez very proud of his wife Micheline
Gérard Hernandez is all the more admiring of his wife as the latter never ceases to impress him with her strong personality. “It’s Robocop ! She is 93 years old, she swims, winter and summer. I can no longer accompany him, so I mark like crazy”, he revealed. Before continuing, moved: “It’s incredible how close we are. We are like these birds: the inseparable ones.”
From then on, the one who lent his voice to Papa Smurf fears the day when one of them will have to leave. “I imagine the worst. When one leaves, the other will inevitably follow. I think about it all the time…“, he said, distressed at the idea of this beautiful and long love story ending. “We are blessed to be the two of us and have a wonderful son and grandchildren. I haven’t completely succeeded in my professional life, but I have succeeded in my private life“said the one who thinks that there is nothing more important “than feeling loved.”
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