Catherine Deneuve: The truth restored on her romance with a French star, the widow of the latter leaves silence

Catherine Deneuve, who is to be found this Monday, August 4, 2025 at 9:10 p.m. Consequently, on France 3 in the film Indochina For which she received the César for best actress in 1993. However, experienced a brief idyll with Johnny Hallyday, in the 1960s. It was Laeticia Hallyday. the widow of the rocker, who declared her in 2020 in the pages of Paris Match :  “Between Deneuve and him, there was an adventure fifty years ago, on the set of a film (Parisianreleased in 1962, editor’s note). “

On the other hand. no official couple or secret affair, as the magazine said in its June 4, 2020 issue, even speaking of a catherine deneuve: truth restored her “Love at first sight that lasted fifty years“. False statements, according to Jade and Joy’s mom:”The cover of Paris Match On Johnny and Deneuve really injured me. We rewritten their lives, their friendship. I took it betrayal. Matchfor Johnny, it was the family, your magazine accompanied him all his life. How could you have given credit to this invented story? (…) There has never been a secret love in Johnny’s life. Catherine Deneuve counted for him, but she was a friend. But when she came to her birthdays, I invited her. Johnny didn’t even have his number! “

Johnny Hallyday. Catherine Deneuve, a strong friendship

As a reminder, journalist Gilles Lhote, who had accompanied Johnny Hallyday in writing his memories Destroy, had said that if the singer was never really in a relationship with Catherine Deneuve, it was for a specific reason. Namely “A matter of timing”. “Au catherine deneuve: truth restored her At the beginning of the 1980s, Hallyday and Deneuve still came out in a band, with Depardieu and Gainsbourg. We also lent connections to Catherine with these last two. But everyone was wrong. The reality is that Johnny would never have wanted to take the risk of losing Catherine. And Catherine never opened the door to a life together. She knew her demons, her anxieties, her alcohol and drug problems. She preferred to be there for him, rather than sharing her life. If they had lived together, they would probably have separated, like many couples of the show-biz. That’s all they didn’t want to. “ he had explained in his book Lady Lucille in 2020 (words reported by Paris Match).

But Laeticia Hallyday is therefore categorical: Catherine Deneuve and Johnny Hallyday were above all great friends.