Their couple made the whole of France dream at the end of the 90s. Years after their separation, the former world champion decided to return to this story that marked his life.
They formed one of the most glamorous couples in French football. He, world champion 98. She, international top-model. Their love story made the press of the press for more than a decade, and their separation in 2011 was just as publicized. Since then, everyone has rebuilt their life, with modesty and discretion.
But in an interview with the magazine So
FootChristian Karembeu agreed to lift the veil on this period of his life. And his words are surprising to say the least.
Karembeu: “For me, it's a woman, point”
Those who expected settling of scores or shattering revelations on their rupture will be for their expense. Karembeu chose to return to the origins, to meet them. And he says it bluntly: “When we meet with Adriana, I don't know who she is. For me, it's a woman, point. It is not the one who works as a model. »» A way of saying that her love for her was sincere, devoid of any calculation, far from the image of the “people” couple that we stuck to them.
He tells how, after his marriage, he went from the status of
“Football player” to that of ” great by ». A change in status that does not
“Didn't bother”because in her head, she was simply “The woman who lived with (him), who shared (his) life”. A touching confidence, which deconstructs the myth of the star couple to reveal a much simpler and authentic love story.
The ransom of glory
What has really changed his life is not so much marriage as the celebrity that accompanied him. He evokes this constant pressure from journalists, this impossibility of moving to Madrid, this hunt that pushed them to choose ever more distant holiday destinations. “” Even in Mauritius, they were there! “, he recalls. A life under the spotlight, “Destabilizing”,
Who has undoubtedly weighed heavily on their history.
These confidences, far from “breaking sugar” on the back of his ex-wife, are on the contrary a modest tribute to their history. Karembeu does not unpack anything crisp, he just recalls the essential: behind the glamor and the glitter, there was just a man and a woman who loved each other. A beautiful lesson, at a time when separations are often settled in the public square.
