Guest this Friday June 19, 2026 in the podcast Ladies Media hosted by Elsa Wolinski and broadcast on YouTube, Liane Foly spoke as rarely about several major aspects of her life The one who released her autobiography The Smile Drugstore on April 29, looked back on her career, the tragic death of her parents and her past loves. And facing the journalist, the interpreter of Gradually notably agreed to open his heart about André Manoukian, the man who shared his life for more than a decade from 1984 to 1995.
The 63-year-old artist, who never had children, confided that she could have started a family with the famous musician but destiny decided otherwise. “I could have but I sincerely believe when things don’t get done, it’s really because we don’t have an appointment, it’s a lesson we shouldn’t learn. Being a mother on this earth in that life was not for me, it was not in my program.”a-t-elle confié.
Why did Liane Foly and André Manoukian separate?
Liane Foly had already spoken about her desire for motherhood with her famous companion at the time. “I would have liked André to marry me. I would have liked to have children with him. “It didn’t happen,” she explained on the set ofLooking forward to Sunday in February 2025. And it is moreover, among other things because of its refusal to unite, that Liane Foly had ended her relationship with André Manoukian.Â
“We broke up, everyone thinks it was me who left when it was her. She says I didn’t want to marry her, which is somewhat true. Maybe that’s why she left…confided the pianist in Le Figaro At Night. Confused for years, Liane Foly revealed in the podcast Ladies Medias’ªtre réconcilée avec le célèbre mélomane.
Liane Foly comes out of silence for the first time and discusses her recourse to abortion
Asked in the podcast by Elsa Wolinski about the secrets that she would not have written in her autobiography, Liane Foly chose to tell the most intimate and difficult moment of his personal life. For the very first time, she spoke publicly her voluntary termination of pregnancy: “I had an abortion when I was 18. Fortunately, family planning was present at the time. It’s something that I experienced difficultly and alone because I hid it completely from my parents and sometimes I think about it. I tell myself that there, I would have a child of 40, 43 years old and that’s crazy. There I told you a big secret there »a-t-elle révélé.
“I didn’t have children, I didn’t have a husband†: Liane Foly single for 14 years
Last May, Liane Foly was invited to the set of Télématin on France 2 for the release of his autobiography The Smile Drugstore. Facing journalists, the artist paid a vibrant tribute to his parents, madly in love until their deaths in 2015 four months apart. “I would never be able to match them unfortunately (…) When you have an example like that all your life, it’s not obvious.â€she confided.
Before revealing some secrets about her own love life, she who has been single for more than a decade now: “The proof, since I have not succeeded in my life as a woman. I didn’t have children, I didn’t have a husband. Today, I’ve been single for 14 years.”she concluded. Confidences tinged with regret.
