Sarkozy Cozies Up to Big Apple While Here to Hear Bruni Sing

2009_07_sarkozy.jpg Fresh off Bastille Day celebrations back home, France's first couple was in the Big Apple this weekend for a relatively social engagement. After a quick discussion of some global issues at the UN, French President Nicholas Sarkozy took some time to jog around the Central Park Reservoir. The Daily News says that Sarkozy "wore skimpy shorts" showing off the "chiseled stems" he needs in order to "keep up with his supermodel wife, Carla Bruni." The trip had been prompted by Bruni's performance at Radio City Music Hall last night's tribute concert to Nelson Mandela on the South African leader's 91st birthday. The French first lady took the stage in her American debut alongside Eurythmic Dave Stewart. Before her first ballad, Bruni told the crowd, "This one's not good for dancing. But it's good for dreaming." The concert also featured pop stars such as Josh Groban, Jesse McCartney and Li'l Kim, who said of the anti-apartheid icon, "He was very instrumental in my experience in prison."

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Yeah, Lil' Kim's experience in prison and her reason for being there are comparable to Nelson Mandela's.

Just the fact that Mandella is 91 is amazing. Lil' Kim was in over her head.

I would prefer la Bruni singing more often than his hubby.

BTW, that would be a prime time tv show!...where can I watch it?

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I wasn't aware that Lil' Kim cared about anyone or anything besides her self... Wasn't sure that was even possible...

If this guy wasn't married to a hot chick would anyone really give a shit?

If this chick wasn't married to the president of France would anyone really give a shit?

this hot chick is in deed a fantastic singer, considerably above from the singing talents that make the pop landscape...
yeah she is a trophy wife, but she sings like the angels,
how many first ladies are actually masters in entertainment...isn't it that an acceptable non confrontational role?

Not sure she qualifies as a trophy wife since she is the heiress to the Pirelli fortune and is only 13 years younger than Sarkozy. I do agree she is a very good singer.

Wiki on trophy wives: "Although it often has a pejorative spin, the term originally meant a corporate titan's second (or third) wife, who was younger and beautiful.[4] As used by Fortune, a trophy wife was almost always highly accomplished in her own right and was quite intelligent. This important point is usually ignored by the popular media, and in popular usage, a trophy wife is usually considered to be unintelligent, sometimes even a bimbo[citation needed]; in any case, a woman who is said to be drawn to her husband mainly because of his money and status."

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