In a podcast entitled As long as there are men, Ben Attal, the grandson of Jane Birkin, confided in the state of health of his grandmother.
For several weeks, Jane Birkin has chained the concert cancellations. At the beginning of March, the artist confided to Telegram : “I’m not well at all, I broke my shoulder blade and I’m in a lot of pain.” An injury that forced her to cancel a date on her tour. Subsequently, on March 14, a press release informed that the singer was forced to cancel all his concerts for the next two months “due to health issues that require him to rest”. Shows postponed to later dates.
“Jane Birkin will meet her audience in Paris at the Olympia on June 17, 2023, and at La Cigale on June 22, 2023, then on the road to summer festivals and on tour in the fall.“, could we read. For his fans, these successive cancellations have not nothing reassuring. Jane Birkin had made a rare appearance alongside her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg and her granddaughter Alice Attal during the César ceremony, or even during the show of Motherfuckers. Appearances that worried internet users seeing a weakened artist.
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A fragile state of health
His grandson, Ben Attal, the son of Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal then gave some news of his grandmother whom he calls “granny jane”, in the podcast dubbed As long as there will be men, available since April 5, on the Apple Podcasts platform. The young cinema enthusiast then spoke frankly and with an open heart his grandmother’s health.
“She’s starting to get a little tired”, he declared at the microphone of Julia Molkhou, before indicating that he was with her just before this recording. “I see her vulnerable, in need… There’s something faded inside me and I just need to be there for her.”, he clarified. Ben Attal explained that “During a very long time”, he had not spoken to his grandmother, because he was not “close to this side” from his family. The 25-year-old is now trying to catch up by spending as much time as possible with Jane Birkin because, for him, seeing her so weakened is something that saddens him enormously. It remains to be seen whether the singer will be able to ensure the dates of her concerts which have been postponed.