“She still loved him.” Laura Smet trusts the relationship of her parents, Johnny Halliday and Natalie Baye.

On December 5, 2017, “Taulier” bowed. Seven years later, his daughter Laura Smet tells about her famous father, Johnny Hallyday, in a long interview, like never before. Paris game published on Wednesday, December 4. He tells the love story of his parents and in particular their “funny” meeting. It all starts between them in the early 1980s. For her career goals, Natalie Bay crossed paths with rocker Johnny Hallyday. At that time, she still had long, platinum blonde hair and was already incredibly successful. Penitentiary institution Or Requiem for a madman…In short, Johnny is already a star.

“One day my mother was contacted to do a sketch with my father. “With Johnny Halliday? Are you sure?’ She was filming with Godard, and she was at her worst in the early 1980s, long hair, platinum blonde, Laura Smet says. Paris game. He is so afraid of meeting her that he is late. However, he hated, and still hates, people who are late. It is clear that he does not keep her in sight for thirty minutes, but for a good two hours, and because he is afraid of her, he sends his henchman to repeat the scene for her. with. There it exploded. But he looked at her in such a way that she was already fascinated.’

Weekend in Creuse

Despite his false start, Johnny Hallyday makes a big play to seduce Natalie Bay. “One day, he sent her in a limo,” Laura Smet begins. Which obviously made my mother melt. they both went on a weekend cruise where my mom cooked and my dad read The world. Except that he was holding the newspaper upside down. My mother was well aware of this. But he was not laughing. He was very serious! And there, inevitably, he fell in love.” It was in this simplicity that Johnny Hallyday and Natalie Bay’s romance was born, away from rhinestones and sequins.

A girl and a breakup

Their daughter Laura was born on November 15, 1983. This birth marks a turning point in Johnny Hallyday’s life. For the first time, the rocker lives a period of calmness, fueled by the love of Natalie Baye, the joy of fatherhood (for the second time) and success on stage. What Laura Smet confirms Paris game “When I came, he had everything: my mother’s love, the daughter he dreamed of and good luck.”

However, happiness is short-lived. Johnny’s hectic career, accompanied by tours and short nights, is incompatible with the cinema of Natalie Baye. My mother was filming Our history With Delon, their worlds pushed them apart.The climate in the house became tense as there was great frustration between them. He could not be with me during the day because he was sleeping, and in the evening because of singing. My mother lived in the opposite direction, so their story fell apart,” Laura Smet regrets.

Johnny Hallyday and Natalie Bay split in 1986, two and a half years after their daughter was born.However, the two former lovers remain on good terms. “Johnny was very happy that Natalie was my mother because she is a very stable person. He trusted her. And I think he still loved her,” assures the 41-year-old actress. “Until the end of his life, when he was really not well, he called her. Because he was telling her the truth, even if she didn’t want to hear it. She was surrounded by people who only followed her path. Sometimes he needed his eyes opened…”