“Suppose I had a diary, I could have picked the lyrics from my debut single ‘You knocked down my Walls’ right there.” It should be clear: the moment when Nathalie Meskens met Nadim Hashim, a diamond dealer with Lebanese roots, in 2017, is etched in her memory. She had just divorced Jeroen Van Dyck, to whom she had been married for 9 years, had played in the telenovelle ‘David’ and had opened a Thai restaurant. But love cannot be stopped. “All the walls were then torn down. We looked each other in the eye for the first time and something very extraordinary happened. Also really physical. Flannel legs, butterflies in the stomach, a pounding heart, a body that rages like a pinball machine: I felt it all. The chemistry shot through my body. I’ve never taken drugs, but I don’t think anything comes closer to drugs than a sudden crush. Yes, Nadim did something to me and, allegedly, I did something to him. I felt numb and yet very safe. It all made sense and felt great. I hope that many people will recognize themselves in this text, because they have experienced the same.”
Nathalie Meskens releases debut single about the love of her life: “I saw my love and my body looked like a pinball machine” | showbiz
