At 69, Gilbert Montagné is a happy patriarch. He is at the head of a tribe of two children and two grandchildren, besides being the step-dad of three children born from his wife’s first marriage. In this large family there remains a particularity: the marriage of one of the singer’s sons with … one of his wife’s daughters!
Indeed, from his first marriage to Maureen Byrne – from whom he divorced in 1993 – Gilbert Montagné had two sons named Nicolas and Éric. This last got married to Cécile, which is the daughter of Nikole, the second wife of the famous singer whom he married in 1999. A romance on which the interpreter of the hits We are going to love each other and The Sunlights of the tropics briefly spoke to the magazine Gala in 2010. “When I found out that they loved each other, I told them, ‘Do whatever you want, but be happy.‘ They listened to me“, he said then. He had spoken about it when he became a grandfather for the second time. The son of the singer and his wife having had two daughters, Mia and Ava.”Becoming a grandfather was a big eye-opener. Now, I want to transmit …“he added.
Love is really what brings Gilbert Montagné. With his wife Nikole, they each overcame a difficult divorce to write a new page in their love life. “From the start, Gilbert had the listening that any woman would dream of. He was there. In fact, we consoled each other, we repaired each other. Well, maybe, more than him, I needed his help. Over the years, something deep has taken shape, and families have slowly come together“, Nikole had confided in Gala.
Lovers fully savor their romance and have even instituted some small rituals. Gilbert Montagné and his wife, who live in Paris, like to walk on the banks of the Seine or near the Aligre market to do some shopping for good meals …
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