French President Linked To Supermodel

Newly Divorced Nicolas Sarkozy Photographed At Disneyland Paris

(AP)  French President Nicolas Sarkozy's new love interest is supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni, reports said Monday after the two were photographed together at Disneyland Paris.

The respected news weekly L'Express posted a photo of the duo on its Web site, and at least two other magazines said they would run the images.

The president's office would not comment on their status. But the daily Le Figaro, seen as close to the conservative, newly divorced president, ran a front-page image of the Italian-French Bruni on Monday with the headline: "Carla Bruni: The President's Girlfriend."

Christophe Barbier, the editor of L'Express, said he called Bruni, whom he described as a friend, before going public with the story.

"She confirmed the relationship," he said.

Sarkozy and Bruni visited Disneyland on Saturday when the park was thronged with visitors, L'Express reported. Several photographers reportedly were on hand and openly snapped photos of the pair, who seemed at ease with the attention.

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Photos: Celebrity Splits

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Colombe Pringle, editor of Point de Vue magazine, said she believed Sarkozy and Bruni made themselves available to photographers deliberately.

"Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni wanted people to know," she told France-Info radio. "Otherwise, I don't know why they would have gone to Euro Disney to look at the Mickey (Mouse) parade."

Point de Vue's cover said they visited the theme park "en famille," suggesting they were there with one or more of their respective children, though it was not immediately clear which.

Sarkozy, 52, basked in the media spotlight in his long race to the presidency leading up to his May election. He bristled, however, at the intense media attention at the end of his tempestuous marriage to Cecilia Sarkozy, a former model. They divorced two months ago.

Bruni, believed to be in her late 30s, won critical and public acclaim for her first folk album in 2003. She has been linked in the past to a number of famous men, including rocker Mick Jagger and mogul Donald Trump.

[keithle1]

Sorry, barbaraf4. I went off on a tangent. Don''t get me started.

[hungry1968]

gosh... I guess he really IS a pro-republican!
Posted by ubrew12 at 02:07 AM : Dec 18, 2007


Nah - republicans don''t believe in carousing. That''s why they have to pick up dates in men''s room stalls, or teenage boys using IM or e-mail.

[barbaraf4]

Why are rich and/or famous men in such a hurry to get married? Posted by Keithle1
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I guess I missed the part that said these two were planning to be married. She might be the reason he was recently divorced. Just just might be the flavor of the month.

[keithle1]

I hope you don''t expect mademoiselle Bruni to go out with the guy who fixes the Slurpee machine at 7-Eleven. Mon dieu!

[ubrew12]

gosh... I guess he really IS a pro-republican!

[brianbwb-2009]

Jojo Gets it while she can...

[mcv57]

John F Kennedy had Monroe for a mistress; then killed her. He problably felt so guilty, he walked into his own death.

[keithle1]

Why are rich and/or famous men in such a hurry to get married?

Take your time. Date. Go out with a wide variety of women. Live together if you want. How does the rich man like Sir Paul benefit from getting married? His one-legged ex took him to the cleaners. Now she is loaded. She is not exactly devastated by the divorce. Not as if she really loved him.

Love... How many couples are really, truly, madly in love?

[keithle1]

Didn''t take him long. Gotta love the French.
Boy is just trying to get his freak on. He is heterosexual after all. Not a pervert. He''s not having *** with little girls or farm animals. Leave him alone. I''m surprised the French care.

She''ll squeeze him dry & then she''ll move on. If he has a brain in his head, he won''t get married for a while. Too many stupid guys jump fom divorce to a marriage that is, in turn, doomed to end in divorce. Witness one Paul McCartney after his "great love" Linda died.

[aerodog]

I saw his picture and thought it was Mr. Spock from Star Trek, although Mr. Spock looks better.