Between Laeticia Hallyday, Johnny's fourth and last wife, and the other women in the rocker's life, it was never great love. Indeed, after the death of Taulier, Laeticia Hallyday had violently tackled Sylvie Vartan and Nathalie Baye … And it would seem that his relationship with David's mother is tense. Unlike them, Catherine Deneuve never had a love affair with Johnny Hallyday. But the two celebrities have remained very close for more than fifty years. The singer would have loved her in secret … In 2017, Catherine Deneuve revealed to have had "a little more than affection ” for his friend. A platonic link certainly, but which did not really delight Laeticia Hallyday. Johnny writes the song Lady Lucille for Catherine Deneuve, with whom he subsequently exchanged numerous faxes which angered Laeticia.
Laeticia Hallyday's ultimatum
In its issue on newsstands June 4, 2020, Paris Match reveals that the widow of Taulier, jealous of their relationship, would have issued an ultimatum to her husband: “It's her or me”, she would have asked Johnny. According to our colleagues, the rocker would have done “the most reasonable choice ” staying with Jade and Joy's mother. However, this threat did not prevent Catherine Deneuve from going to each of the rocker's Parisian concerts, as well as joining him in his dressing room to congratulate him. And obviously, Laeticia Hallyday was not a fan of these little friendly dates. “At a dinner organized in small committee in 2003, Laeticia had invited Deneuve. But she had placed it at the end of the table”, indicates a relative of the late singer to Paris Match. A little meanness that “Johnny hadn't liked it at all”.
And seven years later, on the occasion of her husband's 67th birthday, Laeticia Hallyday did it again. “That evening, if Deneuve is seated to the right of Johnny, it is on his lap, "her man", that Laeticia settles down during the time of the images. History to mark its territory well”, write our colleagues. However, according to the friend of the Taulier, "there is no rivalry between Catherine and Laeticia. Catherine has little taste for social media and prefers auteur cinema to Tik Tok challenges. ” One thing is certain, Laeticia Hallyday is not likely to invite Catherine Deneuve to her own birthdays …
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