Nicky’s Got A Girlfriend!
Why does the press remind me of a gaggle of school kids standing around chanting some 'brilliant' witticism like, "Nicky's got a girlfriend," when I read something like this? Oh, that's right, because that is exactly how they are behaving. French President Nicolas Sarkozy apparently went to Disneyland Paris with a very beautiful woman and the press is doing a happy dance.
The respected news weekly L'Express posted a photo of the duo on its Internet 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.
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."
Hey, he's newly single and over 21. She has a lot of talent, too. More power to them both.
Music, Video, World news | Gaius Monday, 17 December , 2007
By martian, Monday, 17 December , 2007 @ 1:47 pm
I think he should be congratulated on his good taste.