Singer dad, cool daddy or simply “my old man”… We all have a song in mind, or a nickname that we like to give to our father. He doesn’t need to wear a cape or use a superpower to be the hero of our lives, especially raising a large family.
Celebrities are not stingy with secrets to discuss their family ties with their dad. If they do not have the same experience or relationship with this paternal figure, some have experienced drama by their side. Like the actor Guillaume Canet who almost lost his dad when he was a child.
Witness to the separation between his parents Philippe Canet and Marie-Antoinette Cano, the famous actor returned to this highlight of his life. “When I was 10, my father left my mother. I said to him, as an adult could have said: ‘If you walk through that door, you are no longer my father’. He went out anyway and he had a heart attack behind the door”, he evoked with guilt in the magazine Lui in 2016.
Since this ordeal, the companion of actress Marion Cotillard, and father of their children Marcel and Louise, remains worried about the health of the former horse breeder. “He’s still here today, after heart attacks, cancers, etc., but I still spent a large part of my life with a father who could disappear at any moment,” he admitted to our colleagues, cited in particular by Gala.
Closer than ever, Guillaume Canet sometimes makes a few appearances with his father Philippe in front of photographers. Like him, other French stars walk the red carpets of ceremonies and major sporting events in the company of their dear dad. Whether famous or anonymous, there are those who look like their offspring and those who even steal the show.
What do the dads of your favorite French stars look like? For Father’s Day, we reveal the family album in pictures.
