The deadly climate that currently reigns in Europe is not without reminding him of his childhood. A Bulgarian citizen uprooted at the age of 8, Sylvie Vartan cannot help thinking, every day, of the Ukrainian people. And that’s why she’s releasing a five-track EP, including Conceived by John Lennon or La Maritza, Nicholasthe proceeds of which will be donated to Unicef.
Of course, life goes on and certain events bring a smile back to Sylvie Vartan. On Saturday April 17, 2022, she notably went to Vaucluse, to the town hall of the city of Lacoste, to attend the wedding of her granddaughter Ilona Smet and her darling Kamran Ahmed. A long-standing romance, which was written on the school benches and which commands the respect of anyone … including that of the singer.
A beautiful story like that doesn’t exist anymore!
“I am so happy for her! Ilona is a very sensitive young woman. She’s been with this young man since school… There’s no such thing as a beautiful story these days!“, she explains in the pages of the magazine Gala. Being part of the most popular clan in France, at the head of a sacred tribe, mother of Darina, grandmother of Emma, Ilona and Cameron and soon-to-be great-grandmother, the 77-year-old entertainer struggled to hide her emotion at the ceremony.
Everything that happens to my people moves me
Under the advice of those close to her, Sylvie Vartan had come equipped to see her granddaughter say “yes“.”Everything that happens to my people moves me, she raises. I cry easily. Fortunately, I had been reminded to take a waterproof mascara!“The tears should soon flow, again, in streams. In addition to her happy marriage, Ilona Smet is preparing to give birth to her very first child. The young model of 26 years had evoked her pregnancy last February by revealing her baby bump and, according to the evolution of her pretty belly, D-Day is fast approaching…
Find the interview of Sylvie Vartan in the magazine Gala, n°1506 of April 21, 2022.