Carole Bouquet is much more than Caroline of Monaco's (chosen) secret sister, her clone, and her in-law. Her movie life on the jet set in Paris did not free her from the worst drama: drugs.
The name of Carole Bouquet circulates through the virality of the French press with the same speed as that of Isabel Preysler here. With one small difference: Bouquet is related to the princely family of Monaco, she has an overwhelmingly cult acting career and, in her middle age, she succeeds as a vintner in Italy. Both, however, suffer from a common problem: they are trapped by the tragedies of their past and by certain friends from the present.
Her presence next to Carolina de Monaco and, in general, at the events of the main Monegasque family, made Carole Bouquet an unofficial member of the Grimaldi clan for decades. Since 2019, her role has grown thanks to the wedding of Carlota Casiraghi with her eldest son, Dimitri Rassam. From Carolina's clone and chosen sister, she became a mother-in-law. They were destined.
Actually, Carole Bouquet never needed Carolina de Monaco to move like a fish in water in the Parisian jet set, probably the most demanding and 'high brow' on the planet. She conquered it with a blow of beauty and talent, after being discovered at the age of 20 by Luis Buñuel and participating in 'that obscure object of desire' (1977).
Young Bouquet took Paris by storm almost immediately, but she didn't arrive drama-free on the jet set. She was only three years old when her mother ran away from her home in Neully-sur-Seine and left her father, Robert Bouquet, a hard-nosed construction engineer. it was her sister, seven years older than her, who took care of her.
The education of both girls was demanding: Robert Bouquet sent them to a religious school and it was the Dominicans who were with them in their childhood and adolescence. From there, Carole went to the Sorbonne and, after realizing that her academic life was not her thing, to the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Art. She was just beginning in the cinema when she faced the drama that would mark all of her youth.
A drug addiction that she could end fatally
She told it in the magazine a little over a decade ago: she was only 20 years old when Carole Bouquet, overwhelmed by her family circumstances, fell into drugs. Together with her sister, she had to take a break in her life to take care of her father, who was sick with cancer. For a whole year, she had to dedicate herself to him, with no more help than her sister. Exhausted and alone, she turned to drugs to deaden the harsh reality she had to face.
Many French people remember the crazy years of Carole Bouquet when she was the most beautiful new actress on the film scene and the wildest and funniest 'socialite' in the Paris clubs. She was photographed with the most famous and dangerous men (because they are handsome and for everything else) of the night. Luckily, Bouquet knew how to get out of the rut by her own means and cut her addictions. She couldn't help but fall in love with men who hadn't been able to.
At the age of 21, Carole Bouquet married the producer Jean-Pierre Rassam, father of Dimitri Rassam, after a crush that could be described as narcotic. He was 16 years older and an addict who never left the bad life. In fact, he committed suicide at 43, after living together for seven years, with an overdose of barbiturates. When her father committed suicide, Dimitri was only three years old, the same as Carole when she was abandoned by her mother.
The men who came into Carole Bouquet's life after Jean-Pierre's suicide did not give her much joy or last long. Her second crush, photographer Francis Giacobetti, 18 years her senior, became the father of her second child, Louis, but not a lasting couple. She also did not exceed five years with the immunologist Jacques Leibowich. She did spend a decade with actor Gerard Depardieu, whose fame precedes her.
Carole Bouquet's Dangerous Liaisons
Today, Carole Bouquet leads a life of luxury and tranquility with the millionaire Phillyppe Sereys de Rothschild, with whom she lives on the Italian island of Pantelleria and where she receives Carolina de Monaco and her children. However, her old friends continue to shake her tragic past, as has happened with the scandalous accident suffered by the French comedian Pierre Palmade. France has not yet recovered from the traffic accident that she suffered and caused a few days ago.
Palmade has become the most hated celebrity in France due to an accident that ended up with three people in intensive care: an eight-month pregnant woman who lost her baby and her two children. The comedian, addicted to drugs, tested positive for cocaine, which is why he has been charged with murder. It seems that the actor, very famous in France thanks to his appearance in the 'Asterix' saga, was accompanied by two other men in his car. Both escaped after the accident.
With Palmade between the hospital bed and pretrial detention, the name of Carole Bouquet has come to light. The comedian has stated that Chanel's muse and Carolina de Monaco's mother-in-law is the only friend he has left. Something that says a lot about the actress, is loyal to the men in her life even in the most tragic moments. She's been doing it her whole life, ever since she turned to drugs herself to put up with the demands of caring for her own father.
