This February 4, 2024, The Tribune on Sunday devoted an interview to Patrick Bruel. The singer with more than thirty years of career made some revelations about his career, and in particular about the day when he was particularly angry with his mother.
What if Patrick Bruel had not been a singer or actor? At 64, the artist signed a new album called Once again. On the occasion of the release of this new opus, the one who had to hastily leave the castle of Star Academy to attend his mother’s birthday gave a straightforward interview to our colleagues from The Sunday Tribune this February 4, 2024. Among the subjects discussed, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The singer with a career spanning more than thirty years feels “threat” as a Jew in France since the start of the conflict. “If your question is do I feel threatened as a Jew, the answer is yes. But especially as a citizen,” he revealed. This fulfilled father of two children aged 18 and 20 also took stock of his incredible journey, saying he has no regrets while wondering if he would have been good in another profession, like that of a footballer.
“My family stopped me from…”
Patrick Bruel reveals that he was well on his way to becoming a professional footballer. “Would I have been a great footballer? It’s the only thing my family stopped me from doing. At 14, I played for the PUC (Paris Université Club) and the managers of INF Vichy, the training center which is today Clairefontaine, offered me the professional adventure! But great family advice, to my great regret. Bye-bye green fields”he said, but without any regret.
However, he did not fail to turn to his mother to reproach her on the day of the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup. “That day, I said to my mother: “You ruined my career” But it was June 21, Music Day, I think it was a sign”, he remembers, with a smile. Sacred confidences for someone who is hard to imagine anywhere other than on a stage!