Becoming a mother being superstar was a challenge in the 1970s when the singers were particularly idolized. Sheila experienced it and, according to her confidences at the microphone of RTL, her daily life as a mom was difficult to live …
Sheila experienced the golden age of idols, at a time when the stars were erected to the rank of half-gods. Surrounded by mystery and ultra -publicized, they made entire generations dream. Each appearance became an event. But this daily life was not easy to live for the starified, as the interpreter of The school is finishedwhich was to use sometimes incredible ploy to go unnoticed …
Sheila “exchanged” her son to go to go unnoticed: “I was putting a brown wig …”
In 1975, Sheila gave birth to Ludovic Chancel, fruit of her union with Ringo, who died at 42, in 2017, following a drug overdose. When his son was a child, even the simplest moments of everyday life, like an outdoor ride, were almost impossible for him. So, to avoid hordes of fans and paparazzi, she disguised herself! “”When I had Ludo, I wanted to go out with my kid, take him to the acclimatization garden, etc. I put a brown wig, glasses … I was someone completely different“, She said to the microphone of Eric Dussart, on RTL.
The star, who will celebrate his 80th birthday on August 16, was to redouble ingenuity to preserve the anonymity of her child: “My press attaché at the time also had a boy and our sons were six months apart. She had Ludo, I had her son. Like that, if people recognized me, they did not have a photo of my son“.
Sheila, tracked down by fans: “people hidden in my parking lot”
At that time, being a celebrity also meant losing a large part of his freedom. Even at home, Sheila did not feel safe. “”We couldn’t go out. I had people who slept on my doormat, people hidden in my parking lot. I had taken a dog, a German shepherd, because I was afraid. There was no violence, but you are afraid because people want a memory, they catch a button, a piece of jacket … just because they want something of you“She explained.
And the fervor of the fans could sometimes take excessive proportions, until they cause real rivalries: “I remember a television program where there was Sylvie Vartan and I. Among the fans, there were clans: Sheila fans and Sylvie fans. And at the end of the show, they didn’t care on their heads!“.
These excesses have also left lasting traces in the singer, today still marked by this forced proximity to the crowd: “It’s scary. I’m afraid of the crowd since that. Now I got used to it and people are nice to me, but I don’t go to department stores because of that. “
