Sarkozy and pop singer Bruni ‘out in the open’
Mr Sarkozy, 53, and Ms Bruni, 38, were snapped together at the Disneyland theme park near Paris on Saturday. They made little apparent attempt to hide the fact they were there together, though none of the photos showed them any closer than shoulder to shoulder.
The Elysee Palace would not comment on the pictures. But L’Express magazine editor Christophe Barbier told French television that Ms Bruni — whose past boyfriends include Donald Trump and rock stars Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton — confirmed to him she was romantically involved with Mr Sarkozy.
“We must now wait and see how far the president will go in presenting Carla Bruni officially” as his companion, he said.
“Carla Bruni and Sarkozy are out in the open,” wrote the popular Le Parisien newspaper on its front page that featured one of the photos of the couple.
Even the right wing newspaper Le Figaro ran a photograph of Bruni under the headline “Carla Bruni, the president’s companion”.
Le Figaro said “the presence of Sarkozy and Carla Bruni in such a public place suggests that they do not intend to specifically hide themselves”.
The left-wing Liberation wrote that the couple had brought their “fairytale” romance to Disneyland.
Ms Bruni, who was born in Italy, was the heiress to a tyre manufacturing fortune. She was a top fashion model before turning to pop music. She was married to philosophy professor Raphael Enthoven and the couple had one daughter.
Mr Sarkozy, 53, has two sons from his first marriage and one son from his 11-year marriage to Cecilia, which ended in a much-publicised divorce in October.
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