Andrée Watters and Sylvain Cossette revisit a breakup from 10 years ago
andrée watters and Sylvain Cossette said they separated temporarily about 10 years ago, thought it was for good, and got back together three months later. The disclosure lands as they prepare to share the stage in the tour Rendez-vous, 25e anniversaire this summer, after 18 years together this year.
Dracula to 18 years
18 years into their relationship, the couple is putting unusual detail on a history they first built on Dracula. Watters said, "On jouait un couple. On était toujours ensemble. On est devenus des amis et c’est comme la vie qui nous a mis sur le même chemin" — a neat summary of how a stage pairing turned into something lasting.
That origin story now sits beside a much rougher stretch. Cossette said, "[Il y a à peu près 10 ans], on croyait s’être laissés pour toujours... On ne pensait jamais revenir ensemble". Three months later, they did return, which makes the public retelling less like nostalgia and more like a relationship reset that held.
Three months later
Cossette said, "Trois mois plus tard, on est revenus ensemble. Puis on s’est fait des pactes, dont celui de devenir une équipe. On est des amoureux, mais au-delà de ça, on est vraiment devenus une équipe. Il n’y a personne qui va se mettre dans notre chemin, qui va nous influencer, qui va nous empêcher d’avancer et de passer une belle vie ensemble". That language matters because it moves them from romantic partners to business partners in the same sentence.
Watters put the break in plainer terms: "On était devenus juste des collaborateurs. On s’était oubliés. Puis, quand on s’est séparés, on s’est rendu compte que c’est l’amoureux qui nous manquait". In other words, the split did not just interrupt the relationship; it clarified what each person was actually missing.
20 years apart
The couple also pointed to the 20-year age difference between them and to the way that factor never resolved the strain around them. Cossette said, "Quand on a fait Dracula, ils nous ont convoqués à un moment donné — le metteur en scène et le producteur — pour nous dire: “Écoutez, vous êtes censés être un couple, mais on n’y croit pas”". He added, "Quand il a commencé à y avoir des signes, nous deux, on n’y croyait pas".
That makes the summer run more than a feel-good reunion. Rendez-vous, 25e anniversaire gives them a public stage for a partnership they say survived a temporary split, a failed early fit, and the practical work of deciding to operate as one team. For readers following the couple, the useful takeaway is simple: they are not presenting a reunion story as a miracle, but as a negotiated partnership that has already lasted through the hardest test they discussed.
