Paris – Arnaud,โฃ the former partner of Filip โNikolic, leader of the Belgian pop group 2be3, has spoken publicly forโ the first time to address what he calls “fictions”โ surrounding โฃNikolic’s life following the singer’s recent passing.Inโฃ an interview, Arnaud โฃrevealed they shared a romantic relationship lasting eight years.
arnaud described a deep connection with Nikolic, characterizingโฃ it as a “platonicโ love, a โฃbromance.” The two were frequently together,โฃ eventually livingโ together before a year-long separation during which Nikolic became โaโ father. They later reunited in secrecy.
“He always said to me: ‘Arnaud, I cannot say it. I am serbian. To say thatโค we are together, it isโข indeed as if I said that the rain โฃcomesโฃ outโ of the ground,'” Arnaudโ recalled.
He โpainted a picture of Nikolic as a vibrant, ifโ sometimes extravagant, personality. “He had a โcrazy appetite, an appetite in every sense of the word. In theโ boxes, โคin restaurants, he gave his phone number to everyone. Everything he was doing was excess,” Arnaud said. “Butโข I was โขthe only one in hisโ life.”
Arnaud, now a โคrestaurant manager in Paris, stated his motivation for speaking โout was to โdefend Nikolic’s memory โadn highlight his strength andโ desire for โhealing. “As the last companion,I do โnot accept that things that are notโ true are told,it is indeed my only engine,” he explained. “I was present โฃto support him during these years and I refuse to hide his will to heal and the strength he showed. Our story lasted eightโฃ years and I couldโ see his strength,โ his sensitivity and his commitment in everything he undertakes.”
