After long months of waiting, the series Tapie (which was originally to be titled Wonderman) is finally available on Netflix. Released on September 13, Tristan Séguéla’s mini-series retraces the extraordinary journey of Bernard Tapie, one of the most controversial personalities in France. From his beginnings in the business world to the creation of his numerous projects, including his first career in singing… the life of the famous businessman will no longer have any secrets for Netflix subscribers. In the cast, we find Laurent Lafitte as well as Joséphine Japy, who plays his widow Dominique Tapie, whose life, after the death of her husband, was not easy.
Dominique Tapie is totally ruined after the death of her husband Bernard
On October 3, 2021, Bernard Tapie took his last breath at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer. When he died, his wife inherited a debt estimated at nearly 600 million euros, due to the conviction of Bernard Tapie in the dispute between him and Crédit Lyonnais. “Every day it increases. I don’t even count anymore (…) Many women ask me how Bernard could have left me in this situation. Quite simply because there was enough to repay. It’s the interests that are delusional“, she revealed to Nice morning. In order to pay off this colossal debt, Dominique Tapie had no other choice than to sell all of the couple’s assets, including their Parisian mansion, their villa in Saint-Tropez and their shares in the press group. of Provence. Sales which have already allowed it to repay a little more than 240 million euros. “What I’m being asked for today is interest. There are still some assets left to sell, but it will never be enough“, she explained in the columns of Paris Match.
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Sophie Tapie’s mother today lives on the meager pension of her husband, a former deputy. “I must have 300 euros. I have Bernard’s only pension, it is his deputy pension. Half“, she said in an interview with Audrey Crespo-Mara in Seven to Eight, broadcast last spring. Dominique Tapie can nevertheless count on the support of those close to him, including Jean-Louis Borloo, former Minister of the Economy, Finance and Employment, who rents and pays for his accommodation, a two-room apartment in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. . The latter had also suggested that he write the book Bernard, the fury of living, published last March. “It was Jean-Louis Borloo, who is a very dear friend, who suggested that I write this book. It’s a book of testimony and therapy also for me“, she revealed on RTL.
Dominique Tapie: his reaction to the mini-series Tapie on Netflix
While promoting her book Bernard, the fury of livinglast March, Dominique Tapie did not escape a question about the series Tapie. The mother then explained that Tristan Séguéla had informed Bernard Tapie of his project, but that the latter was against the idea of a series about his life. Six months later, the widow of the former businessman was finally able to watch the entire French mini-series. “It must be recognized that the series is very well acted. Laurent Lafitte has, at times, represented my husband really well. So, on that, I have nothing to say“, she confided initially, before returning to the moments of the Netflix series that she appreciated less. “They have taken liberties with events, with our lives, which have nothing, nothing, to do with reality. I just wanted to point this out to people who are going to follow this series… I didn’t find myself in my role at all. They almost put me, at one point, in charge of affairs, which I have never done in my life, never, ever. People still need to understand that no, I never signed or participated in any way in the companies and takeovers that my husband had taken over.“.
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