While Johnny Hallyday's posthumous album broke sales records right out of the box with 300,000 copies sold from day one, his widow Laeticia spoke of the legal battle between Laura Smet and David Hallyday over inheritance. of the rocker.
Laeticia Hallyday, engaged in a legal battle over Johnny's American will, who disenfranchises singer Laura Smet and David Hallyday's children, "tries" to negotiate with them, but "it's complicated," he said. she said this Friday on TF1.
"Hatred, contempt, humiliation, lies"
" We try. It's complicated, because there are a lot of things that are orchestrated. There is a lot of hatred, scorn, humiliation, lies that hurt you. It's hard to hear, it's hard to stand it, " the rocker's wife told the 8 pm newscast in her first interview since Friday morning's release of Johnny Hallyday's posthumous album, " My Country ". is love .
Asked about the concessions she was ready to make in this battle, Laeticia replied, "A lot of things, but I think they are intimate things. I do not really want to talk about it tonight . "
"The album of resilience, courage, determination"
"My country is love" , the posthumous album of Johnny Hallyday has sold this Friday 300,000 physical copies (CDs and vinyls), an outsized figure for the French market for a first day of marketing, announced the record company Warner Music France.
"It's not an album like the others," said Laeticia. "It's an album that was made in pain, in the fight against this disease. It was the album of resilience, courage, determination to say something, want to talk about her freedom of thought, her fury of living and then love, " she said.