Nicolas Sarkozy: biography, career and personal life.  Homemaker-housewife.  Carla Bruni's Winding Path to Monogamy French President's Wife Model

Nicolas Sarkozy: biography, career and personal life. Homemaker-housewife. Carla Bruni's Winding Path to Monogamy French President's Wife Model

Childhood

Her mother, Marisa Borini, was a pianist, and her father, Alberto, was an opera composer and owner of the Pirelli tire company. Only after the death of Alberto Carla found out that he was her stepfather, the real father of Bruni is the Italian businessman Maurizio Remert. In addition to Carla, another daughter Valeria grew up in the family, who later became a famous actress.

When Carla was 5 years old, the whole family moved to France. There the childhood of the future supermodel and singer passed. After graduating from an elite boarding school, where the girl received a good musical education, Bruni entered the Sorbonne at the Faculty of Art and Architecture.

Star Trek

At the age of 19, Carla dropped out of university and began her journey to the heights of fame. Her first step was a modeling career. By signing a contract with the City models agency, Bruni quickly achieved recognition in the modeling business and became one of the most sought-after fashion models. Carla also managed to enter the twenty highest paid models in the world and become the face of Guess and Versace.

During the same period, Bruni performed several episodic roles in films, such as, for example, Paparazzi (1988) and Catwalk (1995), showing her good acting talents.
However, despite such a successful modeling career, Bruni decided to move on. And in 1999, the girl left the podium to start her musical career.

The first step towards fame as a singer was the creation of six songs for the famous French singer Julien Clerc, which he included in his album Si j "étais elle.

And already in 2003, the musical debut of Carla Bruni took place. Her first album Someone Told Me was a huge success in France. Carla's songs, sensual and lyrical, were performed in the style of blues, slow rock and folk. By the way, the girl wrote most of the songs from the album herself. In addition, in 2004, Carla became the winner of the prestigious Victoire competition in the Best Singer of the Year nomination.

Bruni's subsequent albums No Promises (2007) and As if Nothing Happened (2008) were no less successful than the first, and only consolidated the singer's popularity.

Personal life

Nevertheless, Carla Bruni Sarkozy has always attracted great interest, not so much for her creative career as for her turbulent personal life. The list of admirers of this beauty includes Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Donald Trump, Kevin Costner, Vincent Perez, Charles Berling and Laurent Fabius. Carla's relationship with the writer Jean-Paul Enthovin caused a particular scandal, since at the same time Bruni met with his son Raphael, from whom she had a son, Orellan. Bruni herself has repeatedly shocked the public with her statements that she does not recognize monogamy.

Everything changed in 2007, when Carla met the current President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy. It was he who managed to achieve the heart of this indomitable beauty. And already on February 2, 2008, at the Elysee Palace, this interesting couple entered into a legal marriage, and Carla Bruni became the first lady of France.

On October 19, 2011, Bruni gave birth to her husband's daughter, who was named Julia. In June 2012, it became known that Carla was pregnant again and would make Sarkozy happy with the birth of her second child. The couple did not make official statements on this matter - everything was revealed thanks to journalists.

The beautiful Carla Bruni is known as a charismatic top model and the third wife of the former French president. However, few people know that in the biography of Carla Bruni there was a place not only for the podium and high-profile marriage, but also for creativity. Full name models - Carla Gilbert Bruni Tedeschi.

Future star was born in the Italian city of Turin on December 23, 1968. The penchant for creativity, perhaps, was laid down thanks to Carla's talented parents. Maryse's mother worked as an accompanist. The girl's father, Alberto Bruni, composed music for opera parts, and also worked in the industrial sector. The fact that her father was not her own, Carla was informed only after the death of Alberto Bruni. biological father girls - Maurizio Remert, a successful businessman - did not support communication with the child. Bruni grew up in a large family: Carla has a brother who is not alien to creativity, and an equally talented sister who has become an actress.


The Bruni family lived in their native Turin until 1974. That year, Italy was kept at bay by a terrorist organization. The criminals abducted children. The fear of Carla's parents for their native children was so strong that it was decided to change the country of residence. So the Bruni family moves to France. Carla goes to school, learns to play the piano and guitar and seriously plans to link her future fate with art. The girl even enters the Sorbonne in the department of art history. However, fate was pleased to dispose otherwise: Bruni did not graduate from the institute, succumbing to the seductive charm of stellar life and the fashion world.

Model business

Initially, the girl did not even dream of becoming a top model. The banal desire to earn extra money led Carla to the advertising agency. Moreover, Carla's external parameters turned out to be consistent with model standards: Carla Bruni's height is 175 centimeters, and her weight is 55 kilograms. However, unexpected luck awaited the beauty: a contract with the City Models agency brought her many highly paid contracts.


The first photo shoot, in which the aspiring model participated, was held as part of an advertising campaign for the fashion brand Guess. Photos of Carla Bruni impressed fashion critics so much that subsequent job offers were not long in coming. Eminent fashion houses wanted to get Bruni as the face of their products. Carla's life was full of magazine covers and advertising posters, spotlights of cameras and microphones of journalists dreaming of an interview with a beauty. Iconic French and Italian designers considered it a pleasure to invite Bruni as a model on the catwalk.


In the early 1990s, Carla turned out to be one of the highest paid models in the world: in two years, the girl managed to earn $ 7 million. Bruni collaborated with Prada and Max Mara, Dolce&Gabbana and Chanel, Christian Dior, Givenchy... the list is endless. Brands, from the name of which the fashionistas' spirit freezes, were at the feet of Bruni.


The style of Carla Bruni did not leave the lips of women and men, the beauty was imitated and envied. However, not everything was given as easily as it seemed from the outside: behind such a dizzying glory were painstaking work and hard efforts. Carla clearly understood that the world of fashion, so cute on the outside, inside is a constant tough struggle for a place under the spotlight sun.


The girl carefully monitored her form, her health, ate exclusively low-calorie foods and ran three kilometers daily. Only thanks to incredibly tough discipline and unbending willpower, Karla managed to hold out on the fashion pedestal for a long time.

Music and poetry

It seemed that the fun was just beginning, but already at the age of 29, Carla was bored with the fashion world. Bruni, having experienced all the charms and hardships of the glory of the first beauty, decided to end her modeling career. The question of what to do next was not in front of the girl: musical education reminded of itself. Carla Bruni decided to sing.

The first record of the beginning singer Bruni was released in 2003. It is worth noting that the vast majority of the compositions were composed by Carla on her own. The album Quelqu "un m" a dit ("Someone told me") received no less praise than Carla's first appearance on the podium. The success turned out to be both simply unexpected and incredibly stunning: the circulation of copies sold reached a million copies, and Carla Bruni's songs were heard on all TV channels and radio stations. A year later, Bruni received the title of "Best Singer of the Year" - the highest award that performers in France can only dream of.

The subsequent albums of Carla Bruni also caused a storm of enthusiasm among the fans, and the song "Loneliness" (Soledad) led the charts in France and abroad for several weeks. Carl also had a passion for acting. The model took part in the shooting of 17 films, among which are "Midnight in Paris" and "Paparazzi" by Alain Berberyan.

Personal life

The personal life of Carla Bruni developed no less brightly than her modeling and stage career. Among the boyfriends, beauties were listed, and even, at that time former owner construction company. In 2003, Carla becomes a mother for the first time. The son of the model Orellan was born from a young man named Raphael Enthoven. Bruni was ten years older than her lover. This union, despite the difference in age, seemed strong, but the idyll lasted only four years. In 2007, the couple broke up.


In the same year, rumors began to spread in the press about Carla Bruni's connection with the current head of the country, who at that time had divorced his second wife and was completely free. In 2008, the lovers got married. For Carla Bruni, this was the first official marriage. Family life did not change the way of life that Karla used to lead. The woman still recorded songs, starred in films and video clips, and even sometimes participated in model shows. Carla Bruni's husband did not at all oppose such an active creative life spouses and supported the beautiful wife.


In this marriage, which turned out to be really happy, the daughter of Carla Bruni Julia was born. Despite the busy schedule of the mother, the children of Carla Bruni were never left without parental warmth and attention. Carla once admits to reporters that only children and family seem to her the most important thing in the life of both an ordinary woman and the first lady.

Carla Bruni now

Until recently, the model, actress and singer continued to be actively engaged in creativity, organized charity projects and shone with new ideas. A couple of years ago Instagram and others social networks photographs of Carla flew around, in which the woman did not look like herself. The facts indicated that the cause of the strange appearance Bruni has become an unsuccessful plastic or inaccurately made "beauty injections".


Already in 2017, Carla Bruni pleased fans with the news that preparations were underway for the release of a new music album, which would be called French Touch. This time, the model and singer will perform not her own songs, but covers of the compositions of cult world stars: ABBA, The Clash and others. A video clip for the song Enjoy The Silence has already appeared on the network.

Discography

  • 2003 - Quelqu "un m" a dit
  • 2007 - No Promises
  • 2008 - Comme si de rien n "était
  • 2013 - Little French Songs

Carla Bruni (Italian Carla Bruni; born December 23, 1967, Turin, Italy) - Italian-French model and singer, as well as the wife of the 23rd French President Nicolas Sarkozy (after marriage - Carla Bruni (Bruni)-Sarkozy).

Full name: Carla Gilbert Bruni Tedeschi.

Growth: 1 m 75 cm.

Eye color: blue.

Hair color: blond.

Biography

Carla Bruni is the daughter of a pianist Marisa Borini and stepdaughter of the owner of the Pirelli concern, composer Alberto Bruni Tedeschi. That her father is an Italian businessman Maurizio Remmert, the girl found out only after the death of her stepfather. Carla's younger brother Virginio died in 2006 of AIDS. Sister Valeria is currently a popular actress in France.

Initially, the Bruni family lives in a castle in Piedmont, but already in 1974 they move to Paris(although Carla receives citizenship of the country only in 2008). The move to France took place due to fears for the children, because at that time the Red Brigades terrorist group was operating in Italy, which kidnapped the offspring of wealthy parents. Carla graduated from an elite boarding school in Switzerland, and then entered the Faculty of Art History at the Sorbonne University.

Career

Model

By the age of 19, Carla Bruni is disappointed in university education. At this time, her brother's friend invites her to try her hand at modeling. Carla agrees, but doesn't have much hope for the idea. However, quite unexpectedly, she was offered a contract at the famous City Models agency. The following year, the model becomes the face of the Italian brand Guess Jeans. The creator of the company Paul Marciano (Paul Marciano) says that Carla perfectly reflects the concept of the brand.

In 1988, a photo of an aspiring model appears on the first Spanish cover in her life.


In 1990 she participates in fashion shows in Paris. By the beginning of the nineties, Carla Bruni was one of the twenty most successful models, and subsequently gained fame as one of the highest paid of the last decade of the twentieth century. In 1992, she becomes the face, and in 1993 - and. In the same year, her portrait adorns the covers of Italian (photographer - (Steven Meisel)) and British Vogue. In 1994, Carla becomes the face of Givenchy Ysatis Parfum, as well as Cesare Paciotti and Chanel cosmetics. Steven Meisel again shoots the girl for the cover of Italian Vogue, and then Bruni appears twice on the cover of the French Elle (in July and October 1994).

In 1995, the girl becomes the face of Alessandro Dell'Acqua. In 1996, she participates in fashion shows of such eminent ones as Christian Dior, Valentino and.

Despite the fact that Bruni is actively working in the field modeling business and at the same time receives good money (according to some reports, her earnings were up to 7.5 million dollars a year), in 1997, she decides to leave her modeling career, saying that she wants to try herself in other areas.


However, Bruni does not completely fall out of the fashion industry. Already in 2004, she returns to, participating in the Chanel show. In February 2007, Carla appeared on the cover of the Italian edition, and in August of the same year, in one of the articles in the French version of Vogue, naked pictures of Bruni were published, taken by the Dutch photo duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vindooh Matadin (Inez van Lamsweerde and Vindooh Matadin).

In September 2008, now as the first lady of France, she appears on the covers of Vanity Fair (photographer - (Annie Leibovitz)) and the Brazilian edition, and exactly a year later her portrait adorns the issue of the French Elle.

Singer

In 1999 Carla Bruni shows six songs she has written to famous French singer Julien Clerc. He evaluates them positively and even includes them in his album "Si j'étais elle" ("If I were her").

In 2003, Carla Bruni released her debut album Quelqu'un m'a dit (Someone Told Me). She independently writes music and lyrics for eight (out of eleven) songs. In France, the album has a circulation of 800,000 copies, and a total of one million copies have been sold worldwide.

In 2004, Carla Bruni became the winner of the prestigious national competition "Victoires de la musique" in the nomination "Best Singer of the Year".

In 2006, the singer takes part in the recording of the album in memory of Serge Gainsbourg "Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited".

In 2007, Carla released her second album "No Promises" ("No Promises") with songs based on poems by English-speaking poets (Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, etc.).

In 2008, after she marries the President of France, the third album of the singer called "Comme si de rien n'était" ("As if nothing had happened"). During the first three days of sales, 14,000 copies of the record were sold. By the end of 2008, the disc had sold 500,000 copies worldwide, the first 300,000 of which were sold in France.


Actress

  • In 1994, Carla Bruni takes part in the filming of the film "".
  • The following August, she makes a cameo appearance in documentary Douglas Keeve's "Unbuttoned", dedicated to the work of the outstanding (Isaac Mizrahi).
  • In 1996, the girl gets a role in the film "Podium" by Richard Leacock (Richard Leacock).
  • In 1998, Carla starred in the film by Alain Berberyan (Alain Berbérian) "Paparazzi".
  • In the 90s and 2000s, the actress received several small roles in French TV series (Vivement dimanche prochain, Le grand journal de Canal +, Neues aus der Anstalt, etc.).
  • In 2002 and 2010, Carla Bruni plays herself in films about Yves Saint Laurent ("Yves Saint Laurent - Le temps retrouve" and "L'amour fou").

  • In 2011, the actress gets a minor role in Woody Allen's film Midnight in Paris.

Personal life

During her modeling career, Carla Bruni had affairs with actors (Vincent Pérez, Kevin Costner, Charles Berling), singers (Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger), as well as construction magnate Donald Trump and former prime minister France by Laurent Fabius.

In 2001, Carla Bruni gave birth to a son Aurelien (Aurelien) from Raphaël Enthoven, son of the French writer Jean-Paul Enthoven, with whom she also had an affair. Relationship 33-year-old Carla and 23-year-old Raphael destroyed his marriage to the daughter of the famous philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy. Justine subsequently wrote a diatribe, Nothing Serious, about a young woman whose husband was taken away. In May 2007, Carla and Rafael broke up.

In November 2007, at a dinner at the famous advertiser Jacques Seguela (Jacques Seguela) Carla Bruni met the current French President Nicolas Sarkozy (Nicolas Sarkozy). It is believed that their meeting was arranged specifically to dispel Nicolas, who was going through a recent divorce from his wife. On January 8, 2008, the president officially confirmed the fact of their romance with Carla at a press conference, and on February 2 of the same year, their wedding took place at the Elysee Palace. For the first time in the history of the French Republic, a head of state married while in office. Only 20 people were invited to the wedding and journalists were not allowed. The haste of the marriage was explained by the need to visit the Queen of Great Britain, to whom the president could only introduce his lawful wife.

On October 19, 2011, Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy had a daughter, Julia. The birth of a child in the family of the incumbent president also happened for the first time.

Carla Bruni speaks four languages, loves to travel, cook, receive guests. At her family estate in Cap-Negre, near Saint-Tropez, she often hosts parties for her friends. Carla is considered the true queen of charm.

Since December 1, 2008, Carla Bruni has been the ambassador of the World AIDS Foundation, from which her younger brother Virginio died.

In 2011, the American magazine "Vanity Fair" placed Carla Bruni on the first line in the ranking of the most elegant women peace.

Currently, Carla continues to make music, which is also a kind of record, since among the first ladies of states, having their own successful career is a rarity.

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy interview with Barbara Walters

The interview was conducted by Barbara Walters, American journalist and writer, host, including the evening news "20/20", about the musical career of the first lady of France.

BOO: - When you were seven years old, you first started taking guitar lessons, and your teacher probably taught you how to play the song “Oh, Susannah”.
KB-S:- Oh yeah.

BOO:— You must be singing it very well in Italian?
KB-S:— Yes, this is my first song, but I (pause)… I only know her in Italian.

BOO: - Excellent.
KB-S:- Are you sure?

BOO: - Yes.

KB-S:- Well, well ... (pause). I hope the American people won't be shocked to see me singing "Oh, Susannah" in Italian.

[Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sings and plays guitar on "Oh, Susannah"]

BOO: “You just enchanted the entire south. This is your third album. Do you think people, listening to your album, will be able to perceive you, first of all, as an artist, and not as the president's wife?
KB-S:- In fact, these two parts are very difficult to separate from each other. I don't expect people to be able to do this, as it's almost impossible. The only thing I hope is that if people like my songs, then it's good, and if they don't, then it will have nothing to do with my husband, but only with my music.

BOO: - Do you want this album to be a reflection of only your own personality?
KB-S:— Yes, I think this album is something symbolic for me and my personality in general. I hope that France will not mind the fact that the wife of their president has her own business.

BOO: “But you write about orgies and lovers.
KB-S: I write about passion.

BOO: - OK then. Many of your songs were written before you met your husband, but...
KB-S: — (laughs)

BOO: “…but many of them are quite provocative. For example, “You are my drug. More deadly than Afghan heroin, more dangerous than Colombian white powder." Who are you writing about now?
KB-S:— I do not write about anyone in particular, neither about myself nor about anyone else. I write about how love can be so passionate that it becomes destructive. Like a drug.

BOO:- And here's another song: "I'm still a child, despite all my thirty lovers." Do these words carry autobiographical overtones?
KB-S:- Of course not. It's just that "twenty lovers" wouldn't sound so good, and "ten lovers" wouldn't sound at all. It's all about ordinary phonetics.

BOO: “So there were no thirty lovers. And how many were there really?
KB-S:— Oh (laughs), I never counted my lovers.

BOO: - Yes Yes.
KB-S:- You know, I met my future husband when I was 40 years old. Of course, by this time I was no longer a young 19-year-old girl.

BOO:- Mmm…
KB-S:— I have my past, and I can make fun of it in my songs. The truth is that I have it, and I don't think it can shock anyone. I would be disgusting to myself if I tried to pretend that in the past I allegedly had nothing. Besides, that would be a deliberate lie.
Perhaps, as a model, I behaved somewhat provocatively, but all the other girls behaved in the same way. The models of my generation were lucky to become famous. We were lucky that we were interviewed and printed material about us in the press. However, information about us was often greatly exaggerated. This is one of those cases where my image has nothing to do with me directly.

BOO: Let's talk about your image. There are several stable definitions that you were awarded in the press: “charming ambassador”, “fatal woman”, “unfaithful spouse”.
KB-S:— Who-who?

BOO:- "Unfaithful wife."
KB-S:(laughs) I have never been married, how could I unfaithful spouse?… (laughs).

BOO: “You know what I'm talking about. So what are you really like?
KB-S:“Actually, I think I'm a lot simpler than people think I am. I have never been a femme fatale, and never a traitor, ever since I got married.

BOO: “However, you dated men who were married.
KB-S:"So they were the traitors, weren't they?" I just married Nicolas and I don't think I'll ever cheat on him.
When I first met Eric Clapton, I was very young. I was only 20 years old. We had a very short relationship, after which we parted as friends. Over time, we stopped communicating, which I really sincerely regret. However, Mick Jagger and I are still good friends.

BOO: He was married when you met...
KB-S:- He was married, and we never had such an affair, as they wrote about it in the press. At first we were just friends, and then he got a divorce.

BOO:"But it didn't happen because of you?"
KB-S:- Oh no! Not… (laughs) no.

BOO: — Carla, it is very important to free this story from any speculation, because we read about it in the press.
KB-S:- Indeed?

BOO: - I'm talking about the fact that many believe that it was you who broke the Mick Jagger family.
KB-S:- Oh no. I didn't.

BOO: “And that you broke up the family of the man with whom you have a child.
KB-S:- Oh really? In fact, there was nothing like that. Rafael had already started divorce proceedings when we first met. It's the same with Mick, when we met, he was married, but was already considering a divorce, and I think he did it because of his child from one woman in Brazil. So, I have to say, this story has nothing to do with me (laughs). My husband is the complete opposite. I married him, and everything was clean in our relationship from the very beginning.

BOO: - You are known for one of your statements that monogamy makes you yawn.
KB-S:(laughs)

BOO:- What's wrong with her?
KB-S:(pause) I think in that interview I just wanted to say something funny.

BOO: - But in the same interview you said: "I do not care about loyalty and do not believe in promises."
KB-S:“I think it's very dangerous to make promises left and right if you're not going to keep them.

BOO: You said you would never marry.
KB-S: Nicolas was just the first person to ask me about it.

BOO: He was the first ever...

KB-S:- Mmm…

BOO: - ... asked? Are you saying that you only married Nicolas Sarkozy because he was the first man to ask you to?
KB-S:— No, I married him because I'm just crazy about him!

BOO:- Oh, okay.
KB-S:“I just fell in love with him.

BOO: Was it love at first sight? You met at a dinner party.
KB-S: Yes, it was love at first sight.

BOO: — And how did it happen? Did you just say yes to yourself?
KB-S:- Yes.

BOO: — Yes, it is.
KB-S: Yes, I just saw him and immediately knew it was him.

BOO: - Truth? What prompted you to this idea?
KB-S:- As soon as he entered the room, something immediately hooked me, this charm of his ... (pause). Well you know (laughs).

BOO:- Did you worry that you were marrying the President of France?
KB-S:- No, it didn’t bother me at all, unlike the others. (laughs).

BOO: - How did you feel when you arrived in England on an official visit, just a few months after your nude pictures were published in French Vogue?
KB-S:- Mmm…

BOO: - Did this circumstance upset you very much?
KB-S:- Not. In fact, it wasn't that I was naked in those pictures that I was worried about, you know, there wasn't really that much nudity shown. I was naked to the waist, and it was an artistic shoot. I was worried that this incident would upset many serious people working with my husband and ordinary French people, and also that it might seem insulting to the British people.

BOO: - You said that your husband protects you.
KB-S: Yes, he does.

BOO: - Nice feeling?
KB-S:- Nice feeling? (laughs). Rather brand new.

BOO: Your husband has three children, and you have your own son. Would you like to have another child?
KB-S:“I want to have as many children as possible.

BOO: “I have to ask you one thing because people want to know, are you pregnant?”
KB-S:- Not. I would like to, but unfortunately not.

BOO: - Did the marriage with Nicolas Sarkozy live up to your expectations?
KB-S:“He turned out much better.

BOO: - Truth?
KB-S:- I always thought that marriage is something very quiet, very regular and very bourgeois. But with Nicolas it was completely different. Our marriage is full of various adventures and fun.

BOO: "So you're ready to take back what you said about monogamy being pretty boring?"
KB-S:— Absolutely.

BOO:- Good.
KB-S:“I take back my words.

BOO: Are you afraid to make mistakes?
KB-S: Yes, I'm afraid to make mistakes.

BOO:(laughs)
KB-S:(laughs). Everyone around asks me: “Why are you so quiet and shy?” To which I answer: “I don’t dance!”. You understand? (laughs).

BOO:(laughs)
KB-S:— I'm not going to sing and dance in front of (laughs) you know who, going down the plane. I mean, I'm very afraid of everything and shy. I observe what is happening around me and try to fit in with my place. I have to represent France, so I want to look elegant. I want the French to be proud of me.

BOO: - Do you regret anything?
KB-S:“No, I don't regret anything. Of course, I made mistakes, but each of them taught me something new.

BOO: - Mmm…
KB-S:“I don’t regret anything and I’m not in the least ashamed of how I lived my life and what things I did.

Text: Alina Simonova

Photo: Splash/AllOverPress; Getty/Fotobank.ru; Sipa/Fotodom.ru

Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife Cecilia Attias paid a courtesy call to his current wife, Carla Bruni. Mrs. Attias brought gifts for Nicolas and Carla's little daughter Julia. Who knows, perhaps a Trojan horse was among the gifts?

Cecilia Attias has more than enough reasons to hate Carla Bruni. The supermodel, who grew up in a very wealthy aristocratic family, has been used to getting everything she wants since childhood. This was especially true for men. Beauty Bruni was never embarrassed by obstacles in the form of wives and children. The model, of course, covered herself with words about real feelings that know no barriers, but ... for some reason, her love woke up only for the powers that be, very rich, very famous and very influential. In 2007, Carla met Nicolas Sarkozy. The girl quickly assessed the situation and realized that becoming the first lady of France would be a wonderful turn in her already eventful life. Everything that happened next seemed to Cecilia a bad dream: President Sarkozy did not even think of hiding adultery, while still married to her, he announced that he planned to marry Carla. Here the public and morality would take the side of the rejected woman. It was not there: the press sang of Carla - her beauty, intelligence, talent, charm ... It was as if the whole world had turned its back on Cecilia, then Madame Sarkozy. The divorce nevertheless took place, Cecilia, along with her children (two daughters from her first marriage and Sarkozy's son Louis), leaves for New York away from all this nightmare. But even there she is haunted. Journalists, as if by agreement, show the height of tactlessness. They compare the appearance of Carla and Cecilia, and the comparison is clearly not in favor of the latter. No one seems to think that women have 10 years of age difference, and appearance is a tool of "labor" for Bruni. However, Cecilia does not remain alone. Her former lover(yes, ex-madame Sarkozy is also not without sin) media magnate Richard Attias offers her a hand and a heart.

And now, 53-year-old Mrs. Attias, traveling through France, expressed a desire to meet with Madame Sarkozy and get to know her son's sister Julia. Everything looks very bourgeois. And nice. And Cecilia is friendly and noble, as if she had no stone in her bosom. But intuition tells us that this is not the end of the story. Indeed, despite the fact that Carla is more beautiful, these two women can measure their strength of character. Even when Cecilia was the first lady, it was whispered in political circles that she was very vengeful and did not forget anything. Your move, Mrs. Attias!

All Sarkozy's Wives Look Like Twins!😜

Not many will be able to dare to dissolve a marriage, occupying the first position in the state. Somehow it is not customary among presidents to take family troubles out of the hut. Divorce can have a good impact on the rating and image of the first person and even put an end to a political career. Therefore, most often presidents do not divorce their wives. They either love their women and live soul to soul with them, such as the first and last president USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, or for years they do not see their spouses, like the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. His wife has been living in a remote village for 15 years, and the Old Man has an illegitimate 11-year-old son who accompanies him at most government events. And there are also presidents who cheat on their wives left and right, such as John F. Kennedy or Bill Clinton. But, despite several high-profile marital scandals in families American presidents, yet they can boast of their institution of preserving marriage. In the entire history of the United States of America, not one of its presidents, after taking office, was divorced. To be more precise, he did not allow himself to get a divorce. Many owners of the White House were seen in adultery, but did not get divorced. Of the 44 US presidents, only one was divorced, and then long before he headed the state. It's about about Ronald Reagan, who won the presidential election with a divorce behind him. At 29, Reagan married a very windy person - Hollywood actress Jane Wyman. This was the girl's third marriage. According to rumors, Wyman had an affair on film set and received an Oscar, she filed for divorce. Three years later, Reagan married actress Nancy Davis. The girl, unlike her previous wife, took his last name and refused acting career. The couple lived together for the rest of their lives.

Jane Wyman is the first wife of Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, 1940

Second wedding. Newlyweds Ronald and Nancy Reagan cut the wedding cake. California March 4, 1952 In 29 years, Reagan will become President of the United States.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan, 1952

And what kind of presidents have dared to divorce and dismissed their first ladies?

President of France (2007-2012)
Before recently all French presidents did not dare to get divorced. The first head of the Fifth Republic, who dared to take such a step, was Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007. As president, he left after an 11-year marriage from Cecilia Ciganer, to Carla Bruni, who was 10 years younger. Four months later they signed. It is worth noting that this is not the first divorce of Sarkozy. While still mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, he divorced his first wife, infatuated with Cecilia, whom he had beaten off from her first husband. They met at her own wedding, where Sarkozy held a mural ceremony as a measure. Here is such a keen Nicolas.

Nicolas Sarkozy with his second wife Cecilia Ciganer.

Nicolas Sarkozy with his third wife Carla Bruni.

Marie-Dominique Cuglioli is the first wife of Sarkozy with their common sons. During their life together, then future president served as mayor.

All Sarkozy's wives look like twins.

President of Venezuela (1999-2013)
The outrageous Hugo Chavez, who recently died of cancer, had a lot of novels, but was married twice. He left his first wife in 1992, after a failed coup attempt. The couple lived for 18 years, they had three joint children. Now ex-wife Nancy Colmenares leads hidden image life and refuses to talk to reporters. According to unconfirmed reports, Nancy's current husband is her former bodyguard. The second wife of the Comandante in 1997 was the journalist Marisabel Rodriguez. The second wife actively participated in her husband's presidential election campaign, and after winning the election, she helped to draft a new constitution. But in a few years, the beautiful Marisabel became very stout and became uninteresting to her husband. Hugo's numerous betrayals brought discord into the relationship of the spouses. In 2002, the couple filed for divorce. The couple parted as enemies. Mirisabel began her own political career in the opposition, she harshly criticized the ongoing Chavez reforms in the country. Her current husband is a tennis coach.

Chavez with his second wife and first lady of the state - Marisabel Rodriguez, February 1999.

Hugo Chavez with his wife Marisabel Rodriguez.

The second wife of Hugo Chavez is Marisabel Rodriguez (already after she got fat).

President of Peru (1990-2000)
For ten years of presidency, Alberto Fujimori ruled the strange like a real dictator. He dispersed the opposition parliament and the supreme court, which was not controlled by him, and composed the constitution in his own way. The government was involved in the drug business, the country was mired in corruption, poverty and fear. No one could object to the president, no one except his wife, Susanna Higuchi. She publicly accused her husband of corruption. A scandalous divorce followed, which significantly shook the dictator's political confidence, but he remained in power. Ex-first lady created an opposition party and continued to fight against politics ex-spouse. In 2000, Fujimori was forced to flee from a state that was ready to overthrow him in a revolutionary way. In 2007, Alberto was sentenced to 6 years in prison for abuse of power, and in 2009 to another 25 years in prison for organizing death squads during his presidency.

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori with his wife Susanna Higuchi.

President of Russia (2000-2008 and 2012 to present)
For 316 years, the rulers of Russia have not divorced their wives. Until the current head of state, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, in 2013, divorced Lyudmila Shkrebneva. The couple were together for 30 years, and met for 3.5 years before marriage. official reason: permanent employment Russian President. Unofficial: Putin is credited with an affair with a former gymnast and Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, with whom he already has two children. The last person before Putin to divorce his wife was Peter I, who sent his first legal wife, Evdokia Lopukhina, to a monastery in 1697. At that time, tonsure was considered analogous to divorce. This marriage was imposed on Peter at the age of 16 by his mother, after whose death such a decision was made. Later, the tsar became aware that his already ex-wife had connections with opponents of the reforms and participated in a conspiracy against the great reformer, along with their common son Alexei.

Vladimir Putin with ex-wife Lyudmila.

From Putin ex-wife Lyudmila has two daughters: Maria, 30 years old, and Katerina, 29 years old. The president chose the names for the girls on his own and named them in honor of their grandmothers.

Photo from family album Putins.

Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin.

Possible homeowner - Alina Kabaeva.

President of South Africa (1994-1999)
For the whole world, Nelson Mandela was and remains a symbol of the struggle for the rights of the black population, a man who defeated apartheid in his country, a laureate Nobel Prize world, the first black president of South Africa. But for his first wife, as it turned out, he was a traitor. At 14 years of marriage, when political career Mandela was rapidly gaining momentum, unable to withstand constant betrayals, Evelyn Mase left him. The woman was so angry with her ex-husband that she once gave a very impulsive interview. “The whole world worships Nelson too much and sees him as a second Christ. But how can a man who has committed adultery and left his wife and children be Jesus?” - shared her indignation with the reporter Evelyn.
Nelson's second wife was Winnifred Madikizela. Family happiness lasted 5 years, until the leader was sent to prison. For the next 27 years, the couple saw each other through thick plastic in the visiting room with prisoners. During her husband's absence, Winnie took his place in the fight against apartheid. She was not just a wife, but a real fighting friend. But you can hardly expect marital fidelity from anyone for almost three decades. Winnie is no exception. After the triumphant release of her husband from prison, the public throughout the country became aware of Vinnie's letters to a young lawyer, of erotic content. After 4 years, Mandela won a crushing victory in the presidential election, at that time he no longer lived with his second wife. Even with the passage of 2 years, their official divorce took place. At the age of 80, Mandela surprised everyone by marrying for the third time to the widow of the President of Mozambique, 54-year-old Machel Grace. By the way, she became the only woman in the world who was the first lady of two countries.