In her book Amour fou, published on November 12, 2026, Rosalie van Breemen states that her former partner, the late French actor Alain Delon, suffered from undiagnosed bipolar disorder and anosognosia. Written as an open letter to Delon following his death in August 2024, the memoir and accompanying interviews with Paris Match detail how these conditions shaped their 15-year relationship. In the memoir, van Breemen reflects on the emotional challenges of living alongside a man whose behaviour she increasingly struggled to understand.
She describes periods of intense affection and passion alternating with episodes of emotional distance, unpredictable moods and conflict, which she now believes may have been connected to Delon’s alleged mental health conditions. A central theme of the book is anosognosia, a condition in which a person is unable to recognise or acknowledge their own illness. According to van Breemen, this may have made it particularly difficult for Delon to understand his behaviour or accept that something was wrong, placing additional strain on their relationship.
