“Isabelle Forêt Reveals Tumultuous Relationship with Claude François”

The French icon of the 1970s shared the life of several women. Jane Woollacoot, France Gall, whom he left after his victory at Eurovision, Isabelle Forêt, the mother of his two children, then the model Sofia Kiukkonen. Known as a ladies’ man, Claude François first meets Jane, a dancer, whom he meets at a party in Monaco. Madly in love with each other, they married in November 1960. The singer, described as jealous and very possessive, unfortunately scared Jane Woollacoot away two years later. After his relationship with France Gall, who will also end up leaving him because of these character traits, Claude François falls under the spell of Isabelle Forêt during a gala in Lyon. From this union were born two children, Claude François Junior and Marc François, born in 1968 and 1969.

“Claude François was very shy”

Galvanized by his dazzling success, Claude François is also an unfaithful husband. The two lovers then parted ways in 1974 and Isabelle Forêt would later remarry. In the show Saga, the ex-model and dancer opens the door to her intimacy and looks back on her tumultuous history with the singer. Apart from a lamp given to her by Claude, she has kept no memory at home that could remind her of that time in her life. “When you saw him as an idol, he gave the impression of a sure man of himself. But, in reality, even to seduce, he was a big child, too awkward, very clumsy, not sure of himself at all. everything. He had a very shy way of seducing!” says Isabella.

After six years of complicated relationship, Isabelle Forêt leaves with her children

For once in his life, Claude François felt understood with this woman who had refused his advances at the start. “We had the same tastes. We loved nature, animals. Everything could be simpler”, she recalls. In six years of relationship, Isabelle has offered the most beautiful gift to her companion: two children. A fatherhood that soothes the anxieties of the singer. While the artist continues his career, the mother of Claude François Junior and Marc found herself alone in the vast mill with “all the mania” that he imposed on her. “His possessive side was unbearable. I couldn’t go to the cinema, or go out, or continue to take pictures without it triggering terrible crises. I got tired of his whims, so I took the children and I left to live in the South”she says.

Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias