A persistent rumor… In the 1960s, Sheila was suspected of being a man after it was revealed she was taking male hormones to treat a hormonal imbalance. Since then, she has never been able to get rid of this rumor. Thursday November 9, 2023, in an interview given to Releasethe 78-year-old singer revealed that she had a very bad experience with it. “The tabloid press is just unbearable. They have ruined my life. When France Dimanche and Ici Paris posted signs across France saying ‘Sheila is a man’, it was still hyperviolent. Sometimes I regret not being a guy to go and punch their faces”, she confided. Finally, there is “around ten years” that the artist discovered that it was his producer at the time, Claude Carrère, who had launched this idea in order to create buzz. “He ruined my life for bank notes. Humanly speaking, it’s monstrous”she blurted.
Sheila: “I thought this press was going to let me go, but not at all”
Friday July 7, 2017, the singer lost her son, Ludovic Chancel, who died at the age of 42 following an overdose caused by the massive absorption of cocaine and benzodiazepine. So she thought the press would leave her alone. Alas, this was not the case. “I thought this press was going to let me go, but not at all. Even today, every two months there is a little cover that comes out“, she indicated. Thursday May 3, 2021, on the set of Dailyon TMC that Sheila had mentioned this terrible rumor which “thirty years old” of his life. “I had a child who suffered from this. My parents, it’s even worse. Imagine, you have an only daughter and everyone says ‘Yes, but if it’s written in the newspaper, it’s true. There is no smoke without fire.’ Don’t listen to rumors because there is nothing worse than a rumor.”, she had indicated. Sheila can still count on her friends to defend her. Saturday November 4, 2020, on InstagramJean-Marie Périer had shared a photo of the singer in a bikini to silence the bad tongues!