Brigitte Bardot and Gilbert Bécaud: a clandestine love affair. At the end of the 1950s they experienced a short and crazy love story that began after a meeting during a television program. The sex symbol actress of world cinema and the singer met during the “End of Year Parade” program broadcast on television on New Year’s Eve. Gilbert Bécaud is called to sing the song “So tell” and for the occasion a little-known extra is proposed to illustrate it to the public. It’s about a very young Brigitte Bardot who wins the heart of her ex-boyfriend and French composer during filming. A beautiful love story is born between the two which pushes the singer-songwriter to also dedicate a love song to her. “When you’re not around, all the birds in the world stop singing and start crying”, sang Gilbert Bécaud in one of his most beautiful love songs, in 1959.
Despite this beautiful love song, her ex-boyfriend Gilbert Bécaud is unable to keep the beautiful and sensual Brugitte Bardot by his side for long, who shortly after falls in love with her first husband Jacques Charrier, father of her only son Nicholas Jacques Charrier.
Catherine Rihoit recalling the relationship between Brigitte Bardot and her ex-boyfriend Gilbert Bécaud told the press of the time: “when ‘Gil’ suggests to ‘Brige’ to join him in Switzerland, during a tour, and he leaves her waiting for hours in the car, it’s too much: Brigitte leaves”. Their love story is very passionate, however, since Brigitte Bardot, despite being engaged to Jean-Louis Trintignant, succumbs to the charm of Mr. 100,000 volts as the singer-songwriter was called. The spark is born during a television program with the stamp of the time that says: “Bécaud is irresistible. He always gets what he wants and it immediately becomes obvious that he wants Brigitte. Not just on television”.
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“Brigitte’s heart caught fire” continues Catherine Rihoit’s story in her work. The story also flares up due to the removal of Jean-Louis Trintignant, busy with his military obligations. Although ex-boyfriend Gilbert Bécaud is married and a father, their mutual attraction brought them together for several months. “The meetings, even if passionate, are therefore episodic and clandestine, especially since, despite the precautions, the press does not take long to take an interest in the story,” says the writer who adds that the actress “cannot remain waiting by the phone ”.
