Guest in 50’Insidethis Saturday, May 3, 2025, Garou returned to the fire of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, and made a very surprising admission concerning the reaction of people towards him, following the drama.
Five years after the fire that hit Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, An unforgettable evening filled with emotions had been organized on the forecourton the occasion of the reopening, on December 7, 2024. Among the artists who came to sing during this historic evening, Clara Luciani, Vianney or Garou. The presence of the Quebec singer is obviously not due to chancesince Garou remains for many the unforgettable interpreter of Quasimodo in the musical. Guest in 50’Insidewhat Samedi May 3 2025, Garou returned to his presence when reopening the cathedral.
“I had been called a lot when there was unfortunately this fire. It was crazy how the phone sounded. As if it was my house burning!“, He told Isabelle Ithurburu. Then add:”It was crazy, I realized at that time how much it was super associated and that it was called for the reopening it was magic, especially since it was a rather special trip in time“.
Notre-Dame de Paris and Quasimodo, “another life” for Garou
Garou nevertheless admits it, for him, Notre-Dame de Paris, it is quite simply “another life“. “I even find it difficult to remember how I was on stage, because I was no longer myself, I was quasimodo “, he added. If Garou had made the trip from Canada for reopening, Patrick Fiori, interpreter of Phoebus in the musical, had shone by his absence. On RTL, the Corsican singer had revealed why he could not be present. “”I would just like to rectify a very little thing because there are lots of people who ask me why I did not sing for Notre-Dame. I was invited, but I was in concert in Boulazac. Suddenly, as I was in Boulazac, I could not do Notre-Dame de Paris“he had said. Damage !
