Hugues Aufray has recently been married to the woman of her life, Murielle. But he shares a big age difference with her and has lived a double life for years. What do we know about their atypical couple?
Hugues Aufray, who is on tour in 2025, has retained his passion for music after decades of career. And what has not changed either is his love for Murielle Megevand, whom he met in the early 2000s and with whom he married in September 2023 …
Hugues Aufray: her thunderbolt for Murielle
The singer had met the woman of his life in the early 2000s … on a train! While she was in the wagon with her parents, they, fans of the artist, had asked him for an autograph. Immediately caught up in his charm, Hugues Aufray dared to challenge him asking him: “Mademoiselle, are you an actress? If you come to Paris, I will try to put you in contact with an agency“.
After taking his phone number, the interpreter of Santiano Has maintained contact with the young woman, however 45 years under him. “”For three years, we talked about it by phone“He said in the show What an era!
Hugues Aufray unfaithful: his double life … “I did not resist”
However, the singer was already married to the dancer Hélène Faure, with whom he had two daughters, Marie, born in 1954, and Charlotte, who was born in 1959. But, already at the time, infidelity was not a cause of separation in their couple. When he went on tour, he sometimes yielded to temptation. “”I did not resist. But who will throw me the first stone?“, he said in the documentary of Mireille Dumas entitled Hugues Aufray, the eternal young manbroadcast on France 3 February 28.
Despite her irrepressible feelings for Murielle, Hugues Aufray has never divorced his wife. He lived in parallel his love story with the young woman, while remaining married to the mother of her children. “”We cannot reject someone who gave you magnificent children, grandchildren, who has made sacrifices for you (…) Divorce is still something very humiliating for those who are abandoned“He said in the show We are live. And it was not until the death of Hélène Faure, in 2022, that he planned to marry his true love, Murielle.
Hugues Aufray, cash on their age difference: “You have to go soft”
As for their age difference, she posed a problem at the start of their relationship. “”For 3 years, aware of this age difference, I said: ‘You have to go soft. She has to make her life ‘“He remembered the show Good morning ! on TF1. But now, this age gap does not seem to disturb them besides. “”If I kept my youth, it is partly thanks to Murielle, my young companion. She pushes me, she inspires me“He even explained in Paris Match. Live with love and fresh water.
