Chantal Goya and her husband Jean-Jacques Debout bought a house located in a very popular area today. And yet, they hadn’t spent a lot of money…
If Chantal Goya, at the heart of a numberSpecial correspondent broadcast this Thursday, May 28 at 9:10 p.m. on France 2, and her husband, the composer Jean-Jacques Debout, have recently had to face serious financial problems, and major debt, they have enjoyed prosperous years thanks to the dazzling success of Chantal Goya’s shows.
Chantal Goya owner in Île-de-Ré “for three francs six sous”
They were also multi-owners, with a bit of access, according to the famous Marie-Rose… “My husband has always been fanciful. He loves houses, we’ve had 24”she revealed in the columns of Figaro a few years ago. Among them, a home that would make many green with envy. And for good reason, it is located on one of the most popular islands in the Atlantic: Île-de-Ré. In the 1970s, Chantal Goya and her husband bought themselves a property in Saint-Martin-de-Ré, capital of the prestigious island located off the coast of La Rochelle.
And the story of this purchase is incredible to say the least. “One day, Jean-Jacques (Debout, editor’s note) goes to Saint-Martin de Ré and he meets two nuns who offer to buy a small house”told Chantal Goya at the microphone of France Bleu La Rochelle in 2025. A proposal accepted on the spot by the composer. “For three francs six sous, in the 70s, these were not the prices of today”even clarified the children’s idol currently on tour with his latest show 50 years of love. And to the one who hosted Johnny in his Parisian apartment to add, a bit nostalgic: “La Rochelle, the Ile de Ré: we went there with my children in the 70s. To La Couarde, to the Phare des Baleines… So many memories!”.
Why did Chantal Goya leave Île-de-Ré? “I knew her at another time”
Very attached to this little corner of paradise, the 83-year-old artist even purchased a second property on Île-de-Ré… Before finally selling everything! “We then bought another house in 1997, which we have since sold. When people started to recognize me too much, I left. Today, I no longer have a foothold on the island”she confided to our colleagues at South West in 2010.
“I really knew the Île de Ré at a different time. When we arrived on the island, there was no bridge yet, we had to take the ferry! And then, the roads were very small, nothing to do with now…”she remembered with emotion. Before deploring: “With the construction of the bridge, the Île de Ré became more and more popular. I remember what my husband said: ‘The Île de Ré is the Saint-Tropez of the Atlantic’. I didn’t believe it, but he was right. Today, there are far too many people for me. And far too many bicycles! I know how to ride a bike, but not when there are 50,000 around me…”.
