Sylvie se souvient de la demande en mariage de Johnny qui n'a pas osé lui en parler lui-même

Sylvie Vartan Remembers Johnny Hallyday's Funny Marriage Proposal: He Didn't Dare to Propose to Her Himself Sylvie Vartan is preparing to reunite with her fans on May 12th at the Palais des Congrès. Leading up to this special occasion, the singer spoke to La Tribune on Sunday about key moments in her life, including Johnny Hallyday's amusing marriage proposal, which he lacked the courage to make himself. She won't be singing, but she will share her story in a different way. On May 12th, Sylvie Vartan invites her audience to the Palais des Congrès for a masterclass entitled "This Is My Life." An intimate moment, conceived as a journey through her life, where she will open up alongside her friend, the writer Roland Perez, author of the book "My Mother, God, and Sylvie Vartan," adapted for the screen by Ken Scott in 2025. On the occasion of this encounter, the 81-year-old icon spoke to La Tribune on Sunday, April 26, 2026, and notably revisited a story that marked an entire generation: her relationship with Johnny Hallyday. The amusing marriage proposal from Johnny Hallyday to Sylvie Vartan. Their meeting dates back to the early 1960s, on the sidelines of a concert at the Olympia, and David Hallyday's mother recalled that moment: "When I met Johnny, he was shy and very sensitive; he didn't fit the image we have of him at the end of his life." Very quickly, their relationship became undeniably strong. Yet, the singer never dared to propose himself. Indeed, Sylvie Vartan recounted how she learned that her beloved wanted to put a ring on her finger. "It was his secretary at the time, Jean-Pierre Pierre-Bloch, who told me," she confessed. She continued, "He said to me, 'Johnny is in love with you, he wants to marry you…' I wasn't very surprised because we loved each other very much. Between us, it was pure passion, pure fire!" Sylvie Vartan also spoke of the pain of the miscarriage… After a joint tour in 1962, their engagement was officially announced on the radio in 1963, before a wedding celebrated in 1965 in Loconville, in the Oise region. From this relationship, their son, David Hallyday, was born, before the couple separated fifteen years later, in 1980. And behind all the light that Sylvie Vartan remembers fondly, there were also painful but unspoken hardships… In this interview with La Tribune on Sunday, Sylvie Vartan also spoke of a wound that had long remained hidden. "I was pregnant a second time, but I lost the child," she recounted. Then, more somberly, she continued, speaking of the miscarriage that occurred in 1974: "At the time, we didn't talk about it." Years later, the singer expanded her family with her husband, Tony Scotti. "Then in 1998, Tony and I adopted Darina in Bulgaria when she was seven months old," she recalled, before continuing: "David was grown, he had spread his wings. Children need to be given roots and then wings. It's the natural order of things. Darina fills us with joy." "Tony has been essential in my life and David's, like a second father thanks to his kindness, generosity, and true mental strength," Sylvie Vartan concluded serenely. These tender reflections are something she may elaborate on further on May 12th in an interview with her friend Roland Perez.