Talk to me, One day or the other, All at the end of our sorrows… Singer Isabelle Boulay is renowned for her love songs popularized in her career. Singular voice of the French variety, the Canadian star has reaped a slew of awards and gained popularity in Canada and France.
However, the fifties remains discreet about her love life. From her media relations, she notably dated comedian Stéphane Rousseau (2000-2003) and music producer Marc-André Chicoine, who is the father of her son Marcus (born in 2008). Since 2016, Isabelle Boulay has been in a relationship with lawyer Éric Dupond-Moretti, whom she met through mutual friends according to our colleagues from Paris Match.
“I am a complete lover, when I have a man in my skin, there is only him”, confided the Canadian star to Gala in May 2017. Before pouring out (with modesty) on his couple with the politician and close to Emmanuel Macron. “I have always kept the door to my intimacy closed. An affair is fragile, precious and perilous. Moreover, I never wanted to talk about my loves, for fear that it would prevent my audience from projecting themselves into my songs. We would have liked our relationship to remain a well-kept secret, as it was for a while, until our photos were stolen. Which is never very comfortable. I don’t I don’t have the talent to do my job and spread out my private life at the same time”.
And, to continue by comparing herself to another ambassador of Quebec. “I have neither the strength nor the means of Celine Dion! I would be too afraid that something would happen to my son, for example. I do not live surrounded by bodyguards… Moreover, we have so much left little time for us… He is devoured by his work, his passion, he is a criminal lawyer, so it’s more complicated. But no matter, to love someone, I need to admire, and he, I admire him very much. And I will continue to admire him no matter what.”
Both PACS partners, as the current Keeper of the Seals admitted in September 2021 to Thomas Sotto at the microphone of Hors-Piste on France Inter, his famous companion does not hesitate to share his tastes in music. “He loves the song. He likes it a lot. Me, he made me discover the Italian variety that I knew little about,” she said in Télématin last April on France 2, also revealing that the latter “sings well”. Before finding her on the Olympia stage for her 50th birthday, a look back at Isabelle Boulay’s media appearances at parties and red carpets.