Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor, he is an icon, a rock legend (known as the “French Elvis” abroad) and one of France’s biggest stars. For a week now, every eyes in France are focused on the Cedars-Sinai hospital in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. Johnny Hallyday‘s hospitalization has gone unnoticed by Americans, and his name may not ring a bell to any of our foreign readers but what’s happening there is something we wanted to talk about.

Last month, Hallyday had a back surgery to repair a disc that was damaged, it was performed by Stéphane Delajoux at a clinic that is popular with celebrities. Four days later, the singer was already out of the clinic, on a plane to Los Angeles. But during the travel, he suffered so much he left LAX being pushed in a wheelchair. A few days later, he was rushed to the Cedars-Sinai hospital; another surgery has been performed and he was then placed into a medically-induced coma last week.

Since then, French journalists have been sent to L.A and newspapers and television news try to find out what went wrong with the first surgery, and why Hallyday’s condition is still officially unknown. Many voices raise concerning the French doctor who performed the first surgery in France and his competence; some others wonder if the singer will be able to go on his ‘Route 66’ tour starting in January (doubtful…). But what really baffled us was an interview from Michel Drucker, a famous French TV journalist and a good friend of Hallyday, in which he explains how much Johnny Hallyday suffered for years and how he managed to perform on stage using strong medication.

That’s when we made the connection to Michael Jackson. Johnny Hallyday is a great performer with a strong voice and we really hope everything will be fine for him. People talk, whether rightly or wrongly, we now see another side of the singer and what is said is quite surprising. We all knew Johnny Hallyday enjoyed his life and fully lived it, but now we fear his medical situation could be worsened because of his previous bad behaviours. We hope we will soon be able to shed light on what went wrong on the first the surgery and what caused his suffering.

Tiens bon, Johnny, on est avec toi!