Pascal Obispo evokes this dramatic concert in Corsica: “I was shot”

Guest on the set of It won’t get out of herethe France 2 program orchestrated by Michel Cymes, on Friday November 20, 2020, Pascal Obispo returned to a concert that marked his career. The former husband of Julie Hantson, who celebrates this Sunday January 8, 2023 his 58th birthdaysaid more in front of the camera on this show organized on July 28, 1997 in Ajaccioin Corsica,“a complicated moment” where he ended up in spite of himself in the middle of an argument of torque.

“I was shot at”, first indicated the interpreter of “Lucie” beforego into details : “It was a story in a couple, I think, a story of jealousy. Someone who shot… A priori, she (the woman, editor’s note) said ‘Obispo, I do it to myself when I want’, and the man said ‘me too, I do it to myself when I want’. And then, in fact, he shot us (with a pellet rifle, editor’s note).” And to conclude: “If it had fallen 2 cm below the eyebrow, I had my eye gouged out. He also shot in the foot, and at my musicians too.” Atmosphere…

Pascal Obispo: a gunshot at the origin of his famous scar?

Since his first success in 1992 with the double gold albumMore than anythingPascal Obispo posted a well-established style. Not shy, the artist was particularly noted for his amazing transformations in the clip of his hit “Fan”, adopting the hairstyles of his idols, like Freddie Mercury or Michel Polnareff. A year later, he once again created a surprise by adopting a pink crest fuchsia on the occasion of the NRJ Music Awards in 2004. So, for many, the cut eyebrow of the singer is an integral part of the latter’s resolutely rock look. But this is not the case… And if some then associated this mark on his face with the incident which occurred in Corsica, it is in reality the trace of another event which could have cost him his life : “I fell off a truck when I was little. Head first. And so it left me with a scar that I exaggerate“, he told our colleagues.