The sudden death of Ari Boulogne has highlighted the story of Alain Delon's putative son, whom the actor never acknowledged. Stars of cinema, television, song or even politicians, many public figures have had illegitimate children, whom they have sometimes come to accept.
Alain Delon
Known for his relationship with Mireille Darc and Romy Schneider, actor Alain Delon officially had three children: Anthony, son of Nathalie Delon, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien, children of Rosalie van Breemen, a former Dutch model. Born in 1962, at the Belvedere clinic in Neuilly (Hauts-de-Seine), Aaron Päffgen, alias Ari Boulogne, is "the son of two stars". His mother is none other than Nico, muse of Andy Warhol, singer of the group Velvet Underground. Her father? It would be Alain Delon, met on the set of "Plein soleil" (where she will finally be replaced by Marie Laforêt). Alain Delon never recognized this putative son, even refusing to submit to a paternity test. Yet it is the actor's mother who will raise the boy.
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Claude François
Claude François was a secret man all his life. Officially, he had only two children. He became the father for the first time in 1968 of Claude François Junior. A year later, a second child was born, Marc François, also the result of his union with Isabelle Forêt. To protect the latter or to preserve his image as a seducer - the versions diverge - Claude François will hide the existence of the latter for nearly six years. After his death, we learn that the star singer of yé-yé is also the father of a daughter. The latter, Julie Bocquet, born in 1977, is the result of an affair of the star with his mother, Fabienne, then only 15 years old.
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Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
The presenter of the news of TF 1 for more than 20 years, today in turmoil, also hid a child from an adulterous relationship. For a long time, the affair between Claire Chazal and Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, then married, remained secret. Patrick Poivre d'Arvor will evoke for the first time the existence of a child from this union, in 2005, in his book "Confessions". Their son, François, was born in 1995, and appears regularly alongside his mother.
Steve Jobs
One can be the most Cartesian being in the world and refuse scientific truth. This was the case for Steve Jobs, the famous founder of Apple. His "hidden" daughter, Lisa Nicole Brennan, was born on May 17, 1978 in a small town near Portland, Oregon. Steve Job, was not present at the birth. With Chrisann Brennan, his first known girlfriend, they were only 23 when their daughter was born.
Lisa Brennan-Jobs had a complicated childhood, navigating between her struggling single mother and the founder of Apple. His denial of paternity led to a legal battle in the 1980s, during which a DNA test proved that he was indeed the father of the young woman. Despite refusing to accept it, Steve Jobs named one of the first computers "Lisa". At the time, he claimed it was an acronym for "local integrated systems architecture". Later, he admitted that the name of the computer was "obviously" that of the girl, whom he had refused to recognize.
Soprano
The jury member of "The Voice Kids" is a fulfilled dad. With his partner Alexia, he gave birth to Inaya, Lenny and Luna. The Marseille rapper said last December during an interview with Samuel Etienne on Twitch to have recently met for the first time his first son, born under X 27 years ago: "I talk about it for the first time. I had lost my son years ago and I was lucky enough to find him. »
The song "Parle-moi", from the album "Depuis il faut vivre", was addressed to this child he had never been able to meet before. Soprano was 16 years old when he was born. The mother was also very young, and the infant had been entrusted to the Ddass. "She placed him and she warned me afterwards. The child was born under X. It was a little more complicated for me because I have no rights. French law means that if the child is born under X, if I have not recognized him, I am not the father, I can not do anything, "explained the Marseille singer.
Jude Law
The star of "Fantastic Beasts" is the proud father of several children: Rafferty, 26, Iris, 22, and Rudy, 20, born from his union with Sadie Frost; his daughter Ada, 8, with her ex-Catherine Harding; and two young children, whose names have not been publicly revealed, with his wife Philippa Coan. In 2009, he also had a little Sophia with American model Samantha Burke, met on the set of "Sherlock Holmes". These two never officially dated. If, at first, the actor refuses to recognize her, he will eventually submit to a paternity test, positive. He will meet his daughter five months after her birth.
Albert II of Monaco
The private life of Albert II of Monaco was turbulent for a long time before convolving with the swimmer Charlene Wittstock, with whom he had twins Jacques and Gabriella. The prince recognized two other children who were long in hiding. Jazmin, born in 1992, is the result of her relationship with an American tourist on holiday on the French Riviera. Alexandre, born in 2003, is the son of a French flight attendant of Togolese origin. The prince publicly acknowledged his son in 2005, and his daughter a year later.
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François Mitterrand
It was a family secret, then a secret of the Republic. For more than 30 years, François Mitterrand, then married to Danielle Mitterand, had an extramarital affair with Anne Pingeot, and a long epistolary relationship now published. This illegitimate couple had a daughter, Mazarine, born in 1974, whom they recognized when she was 10 years old. But it was not until November 1994 that the general public discovered this secret, which had become an open secret, when the weekly Paris Match published a photo of Mazarine and his father on its front page. Mazarine Pingeot is now a recognized public figure, writer and philosopher.
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David Douillet
The former judoka and sports minister is, like Jude Law, a father of a large family. David Douillet officially has a son, Jérémie (professional basketball player, born in 1991), a daughter named Myriam (born in 1994), and a third child, Matteo (born in 1998), with his ex-wife, Valérie. Since 2014, he lives with Vanessa Carrara, hypnotherapist and former municipal councillor of the city of Bourg-en-Bresse. Already a mother of two children from a previous union, it was announced in May 2016 that she was expecting a third child. On September 17, 2016, Vanessa gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Blanche.
But his family had already suddenly grown in 2001, when the former athlete learned of the existence of Christopher, his illegitimate son, then 10 years old. "When I met Christopher, my son I didn't know existed, I remember telling him, 'I understand what you're going through. And for good reason: I had experienced it myself a few months before, finding my father whom I had never seen! " he told Gala magazine.
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger, who once estimated his female conquests at more than 4,000, had eight children, two of whom are from extramarital affairs. The first, Karis Jagger, was born in 1970 from a short-lived and adulterous affair with the artist Marsha Hunt, while he was then dating Marianne Faithfull. He refused to recognize his daughter for nine years. After having a daughter, Jade Jagger, with his then-wife in 1971, Bianca Jagger, he broke up and began a relationship with star model Jerry Hall. She gave birth to four children: Elizabeth (1984), James (1985), Georgia (1992) and Gabriel (1997). Later, in 2001, a baby boy named Lucas was born, the result of an extramarital relationship between the rocker and Brazilian model Luciana Gimenez.
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Finally, in 2016, Mick Jagger was 73 years old when he learned that he was once again the father of a little boy from his relationship with ballerina Melanie Hamrick. Their son, Deveraux Jagger, is now 6 years old.