In an interview given In the Femininethe singer Lio talks without taboo about her financial difficulties. At 60, the interpreter of Banana split reveals to be in the red all the time.
At the end of the 70s, a new singer hit the radio waves: Lio. We owe him many titles including Lonely lovers, Tétèù?, Brunettes don’t count as plums et Shouldn’t have started. Then above all, she releases the famous song Banana split. Subsequently, she began a career as an actress in cinema and television, so much so that she can be found appearing in dozens of films, TV films and series. A career that makes you dream, especially from a financial point of view. However, Lio has never hidden his money worries. In 2018, the mother of six children spoke at the Big Mouths to talk about his financial problems: “I handled it badly. I earned a lot of money when I was young (…) I thought I would make hits all my life, and so I didn’t save money at that time“. She specified that she was not “in misery” however.
This Thursday, January 29, Lio spoke about her relationship with money in an interview with In the Feminine. An exchange in which she evokes the gaze of men who always imagined that she was drowning in money. “What I always noticed was that men, being very uncomfortable with the fact that they couldn’t dominate me financially, made me out to be their slut”she points. Enough to create discomfort within one’s relationships: “I was Lio and I often made a lot more money than them. And we can’t forgive you for that. There are very few who get out of this dilemma.“
Lio “permanently overdrawn“because of his money worries:”Financial security, I run behind“
Even today, Lio is having money problems. Between past debts, bailiffs’ fees and administrative reminders, she is never really at peace, but has ended up accepting the situation and managing it… in her own way. “I am 60 years old, I am overdrawn allowed permanently, because I institutionalized it when the taxes were chasing me“, she explains.
According to her, to be “10 overdraft balls“every month allows it”to avoid problems“. “Financial security, I run behind“, she specifies. Nevertheless, she does not lose her smile, she who has lived through very difficult times, including the sudden death of her son Diego.
