In October 2024, Adèle Exarchopoulos made her relationship with François Civil public in an interview with Paris Match. After years of keeping her love life private, the ex of Doums presented this story as a more serene turning point. She then told our colleagues, “Today, I am really sure of myself: it’s healthy love. The kind that involves friendship, where you go through challenges with self-deprecation and complicity. It’s also the kind of love that allows you to leave the other when it’s truly harmful, when it’s too bad. In any case, it’s a thousand leagues away from the toxic love I idolized as a child.”
A few months later, in the pages of Society, the actress who wowed in Blue Is the Warmest Color went further by saying she was “very in love” and describing François Civil as “both [her] lover and [her] best friend. You wake up in the morning, you laugh, it’s great,” she explained. After starring together in Bac Nord in 2021, the two lovebirds played lovesick lovers in Crazy in Love, directed by Gilles Lellouche. When fiction meets reality, love no longer plays a role.
What is the gesture François Civil made that touched Adèle Exarchopoulos at the Cannes Film Festival?
On Sunday, May 17, 2026, as numerous actors and directors took to the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival, a scene particularly caught everyone’s attention. Filmed by Brut, François Civil, with a discreet smile on his lips, pulled out his phone to capture his partner, Adèle Exarchopoulos, stunning in a sumptuous purple lace dress as she confidently climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals. The delicate train grazed the steps, the flashes popped, and the actress, tranquil, exchanged a few knowing looks with the 36-year-old actor, like a bubble of intimacy amidst the Cannes buzz.
This brief yet profoundly tender gesture speaks volumes about the love and admiration the actor has for his partner. Far from poses, it captures a true, almost stolen moment where pride is expressed wordlessly, in the simplicity of a video memento. François Civil’s presence was no coincidence; he was there to support the screening of Adèle’s new film, Garance, directed by Jeanne Henry, where the actress stars alongside Sara Girardeau. On the red carpet and in the theater, his support was subtle yet unwavering.
Adèle Exarchopoulos was she pregnant with François Civil?
In September 2025, Paris Match falsely claimed that the couple was expecting their first child, featuring photos taken on the streets of Paris on its cover. François Civil quickly denied the information to Le Figaro, stating that “the information on the cover is false.” Adèle Exarchopoulos eventually addressed the issue during an interview with YouTuber Sally for the release of Dog 51 by Cédric Jimenez.
With humor, she said, “Not long ago, a big fake news about me was announced. They said I was pregnant when it’s false. I just ate Lebanese food.” Behind the joke, the actress mainly criticized the constant scrutiny imposed on women’s bodies: “Once again, a comment is made about a woman’s body,” she added. Between rumor and hummus, she chose the truth.
