The host Jacques Martin was one of the emblematic figures of the small screen thanks to his hit show L’École des fans, presented from the 1970s. During his long career, the television star had several romantic relationships , which resulted in three marriages. He first married a certain Annie Lefèvre with whom he had two children: David, cook and television presenter, then a daughter named Elise.
From 1968 to 1972, Jacques Martin lived in a relationship with the famous actress Marion Game, who died on March 23, 2023. A painful love story for the latter who did not hesitate to talk about it in the press. At Parisian, the actress claimed that he was “pathologically jealous” so that he “could not bear [that she] succeeds”. In 2019, on the television set of the show Chez Jordan, Marion Game also painted a less than complimentary portrait of her ex-companion. “He wanted to reign over women (…) He brought his face back, all the time he brought his face back”, she explained and added: “It was not years of suffering, it was years beside the plate. I had nothing to do with this man (…) He was “me I, me I, me I”, and I had my career to do”, had she declared.
After their separation, Jacques Martin falls under the spell of the actress Danièle Évenou, with whom he has two sons: Frédéric and Jean-Baptiste. On August 10, 1987, the host married a certain Cécilia Ciganer-Albeniz whose marriage was celebrated by the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nicolas Sarkozy. The latter will marry the bride a few years later. J acques Martin and Cécila subsequently had two children: Judith and Jeanne-Marie.
In 1992, the host married, in third marriage, Céline Boisson, thirty-seven years his junior, met on the set of the show Monde is yours. She will give birth to her last two children: Juliette and Clovis.