The man of his life, Natasha St-Pier met him … underwater! In his book My little buttery heart (released in 2017, editions Michel Lafon) the singer talks about her love story with Grégory Quillacq which started in 2010. A former diver in the Paris fire brigade before setting up his business, she writes:We knew each other underwater, off Djibouti. He participated in a treasure hunt organized by Objectif Atlantide with other members of his brigade and I had recently been appointed ambassador of this association which aims to protect the marine ecosystem by direct actions and awareness training with population".
Two years after their humanitarian mission in Africa, the singer and the soldier say "Yes" in a discreet civil ceremony in the small village of Lit-et-Mixte, in the Landes, region of origin of Grégory Quillacq. "We wanted it to be intimate. We have minimized the guests by trying not to forget anyone close to us so that we can enjoy the presence of our families and friends ”, entrusted the interpreter ofYou will find to the site 7days.ca.
Natacha St-Pier facing her little boy's illness
Together, they face the illness of their son Bixente Maxime, born in November 2015. Suffering from tetralogy of Fallot, a heart defect, he was operated on at only four months old. A painful time for the Canadian. “The night before Bixente's operation, I stayed near his bed, at Necker hospital, and I thanked him for letting me be his mother for these four months. I told him he could go in peace, but if he wanted to stay by my side, I would be the happiest of mothers ", she emotionally told Gala.
A few years later, she tells Thierry Ardisson on the set of Hello Earthlings! : “We always have this Damocles sword over our heads. I know that each time that each time he was given his bath, it's a great moment (…) but I'm sad each time, because I see his bare chest and I say 'my poor baby, we're going to cut it in half, we're going to open it, we're going to stop its heart, take it out … 'and I couldn't be in the present moment as much as I would like ”. Since then, the little family seems to have found their happiness in the southwest of France. In an interview withPocket TV, she says she put her bags down “in the village where the grandmother lives ” from her husband. A "back to basics ” in “House, with a large plot and the beach not far. A childhood like the one we had ".
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