Laeticia Hallyday – David atomizes the marketing around Johnny’s death: “Seeing his death become a spectacle…” – People daily

In his autobiography which will be released on November 23, David Hallyday takes down Laeticia Hallyday on handling the death of her father…

On November 23, David Hallyday’s autobiography will be released which recounts his professional and personal journey, particularly concerning his relationship with his father.

“There was no competition with my father”

Johnny’s son specifies Figaro : “There was no competition with my father. Because one of the things that linked us was music and he was not a composer, unlike me who was a producer then a composer before becoming a performer.”

As for his role in Johnny Hallyday’s career, he testifies: “We proved it. I put myself at his service. And I wrote him an album (Sang pour sang) which was the best-selling of his career. It was a chance for him and for me. »

In his book, David did not spare his mother-in-law Laeticia and her handling of his father’s death, particularly in the media. On page 237 of his book, he violently attacks the captain’s widow: “What an anomaly, what an aberration, what madness to see the death of your father become a spectacle between two commercial breaks. Nothing, not even the tribute they claim to relay, manages to hide the obscenity of the process », he writes.

“I always felt my father’s love”

David also deals in his work with the legal battle linked to Johnny’s will. He recounts his fight with his half-sister Laura Smet, opposing Laeticia Hallyday in court, following their exclusion from the inheritance.

The book reveals the family tensions of the Hallyday family.

For David Hallyday, we have “stole death” from his father : “We never get over that, but what we can do is move forward, continue to create,” he confided this November 20 to France Inter.

“The relationship between us was not always easy, but it was honest. My father always loved me. I always felt my father’s love. Sometimes he lost his way and showed weaknesses. But he always loved his children, all his children”he adds.