Melanie Thierry and Raphael, 22 years of discreet and unclouded love

We saw them on the rare red carpet, more often in the stands of Roland Garros. For twenty-two years, Melanie Thierry and Raphael have done everything to preserve their intimacy. No one knows, for example, whether the actress and the singer are married or not. Modesty that allowed them to live their romance away from prying eyes. But here, it’s been some time since the couple split the armor. the actress and performer of Caravanwho are about to welcome their third child, no longer hesitate to announce their mutual admiration and happiness with their sons Roman, 16, and Alyosha, 11.

Mutual admiration

“I have to admire the people I love,” Melanie Thierry declared in the columns. Paris game , in February 2022. I admire my boyfriend and my children.” A year later, he, who shares with his companion a marked taste in literature, welcomes the publication on Instagram:Avalanche, the artist’s first novel, which he signed on Raphael Harosh. “I’m seriously excited that it’s yours today, on your bedside table, maybe tonight, for days to come,” she wrote at the time. Before Raphael would take me to read it, I saw it sitting at the end of the kitchen table, all night, at dawn. I wondered what would come out of this solitude into which he plunged.’

Before adding. “Those with whom he lived ran away from me. Now I know Leonard and Nick and I understand why he was so protective of them that night. I love this novel so much, I want to read it again and again. We don’t want to leave them anymore.” In public, the actress also praises this “great father”, who sometimes consults her about her albums. In turn, Raphael is also full of praise for his beloved. And he does not hesitate to promote his films on social networks. Specifically, by sharing the poster Suddenly aloneThomas Bidegein’s feature film, which he describes as “magnificent”, for which he partially composed the soundtrack and in which the actress stars alongside Gilles Lelouch.

Of course, the latter always refused to sing with her husband on TV, “never in my life”. However, he cooperated with his companion several times. In the clip Caravan, they dance together and kiss on the roof of a snow-covered building. In 2017, they released a duet, The question is why?appearing on the album Anticyclone. Four years later, she starred in another video by Raphael, titled Evening train. “Singing a song together or shooting two video clips with him for more than 20 years is an eye-opener and precious memories,” says the singer. Remote entertainment .

“We grew up together”

Their story began in 2002 through a meeting in a theater dressing room. Both of them just attended a mutual friend’s concert. From that moment on, the young woman, then a model, and the singer, at the beginning of his career, never left each other. Melanie Thierry and Raphael experienced their first big successes together. She as an actress, he as an artist. Despite everything, they manage to maintain their relationship. “We worked well with Rafael,” he admits Paris game, in February 2022. We grew up together and I think we get along well. Without pretense, I find that, frankly, everything we’ve been able to achieve together so far is admirable.”

In 2021, the actress was already talking about these two decades in columns Madame Figaro . “I spent as much time with him as with my parents. Melanie Thierry confided in us. We supported each other and are still happy together. We laugh and our daily life is without weight. And the actress adds: “What I wanted to escape at all costs when I was a child, I found in my married life, but also in doing work.” He adds that he is “like a wolf” with his family. “I need to feel that my tribe is doing well.”

With family

In 2008, the couple celebrated the birth of their first child, Roman. Five years later, he greets Alyosha. Raphael and Melanie Thierry create a bubble for themselves, in which they live as a family. “It’s my favorite element,” Raphael confides Marie Claire . I am the happiest here. I am not a party person, I like to stay at home, cook with my children, spend my holidays with them. For eight years, the quartet goes to the island of Brittany without cars to breathe easier. A haven of peace where a third child is about to join them. In December 2023, Melanie Thierry really surprised everyone by appearing on the set of the movie “C à Vous” with a round belly.

Since then, the couple has had no shortage of things to celebrate this joyous occasion. “I’ve been with my husband since I was 20, we already have two, life decided there will be a third, I think it’s all wonderful,” enthuses Melanie Thierry. Madame Figaro , in January. Three children from the same bed, from the man with whom I have always shared my life and whom I love madly, passionately… I find that what life offers me, continuing to work towards happiness, is magical.” For his part, Raphael seems delighted Sunday Tribune “I’m going to be a father again. It’s wonderful.”

Noise

An idyll that can be considered cloudless. “Obviously, it’s a mess, it’s almost 22 years of life,” the heroine corrects. Prisoners (2016). “There are ups and there are downs, sometimes when things break, sometimes when things are repaired,” Raphael tells 50 Minutes Inside in 2021. Sunday Tribunehe specifically admits that he finds it difficult to watch Melanie Thierry’s intimate sequence as in a feature film. Suddenly alonewhere he plays alongside Gilles Lelouch.

“Well, I admit, putting the intimate scenes to music was not very pleasant,” he assures. In front of my screen I spoke to Melanie to tell her. “But no, don’t do that, don’t kiss her.” But it never works… Be careful, I’m not jealous, it’s not in my karma. It’s just dizzying.” The actress, in turn, has learned to deal with her “dominion”. “As we decided to give ourselves more freedom, we found that we didn’t take on more, and that saved us a lot of tension,” he assured. “Psychology” magazine In 2014

To the extent that the actress is ready to turn a blind eye in case of betrayal. “Why not? she says. Although that doesn’t mean I’ve ever done it. I really believe that telling yourself it’s possible allows you to relax and not want to look anywhere else. And then two kids. with 12 years of history, which still makes more sense than hitting on passing models. So I know that if it happened, I would forgive him.” Melanie Thierry today is satisfied that her couple “could withstand” these trials. “I’m impressed , that it made us very strong together,” she sums up. We are more connected than ever.”

Linked destinies

If the artist and actress recently returned to the forefront, it is primarily due to an unusual incident that occurred at the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic in March 2020. While Raphael plays one of its titles, If I was ever born tomorrow, during a Facebook Live broadcast, Melanie Thierry walks into their kitchen. “I’m live, I’m doing something on Facebook, stop interrupting me,” says the singer. Wait, I’ll start again.” To which the actress replies. “But it’s not an hour. You are in the kitchen, I have to prepare food.’

An episode to which the actress reacted with humor in “Quotidien” in February 2022. “I’m shy. It makes me very uncomfortable every time, he comments. It’s true that when I yell at him, he stays so nice and so calm. I come across as sly, it’s scary. It’s super embarrassing.” It’s obvious that Rafael didn’t hold it against him, because he decided to put her photo on the cover of his album. Another life.

A photo that the artist commented on in the press. “I am in his hands, there is a bit of that thing,” he emphasizes. I’m like a doll in her hands. Maybe it’s a little more complicated than that, but it’s love… It means that we are simultaneously held by people, threads that intertwine and at the same time protected by people who love us. Our destinies are linked.”