The Daily Beast
The wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy is causing a frenzy in France after the release of an unauthorized biography, Carla: Une Vie Secrete, by French journalist Besma Lahouri. Based on dozens of interviews, Lahouri’s book focuses on, as The Daily Beast’s Eric Pape puts it, “opportunism in [Bruni’s] professional and personal lives.” Such opportunism includes, but is not limited to, a cadre of ex-lovers who Bruni remains involved with, an alleged nose job, her quick wedding to Sarkozy, and, perhaps most of all, her supposed influence on her husband’s politics, fashion, and lifestyle. As the music critic Pierre Siankowski explains, “Where Carla is strong is that she very quickly and effectively identified the people who mattered in the milieu that she wanted to evolve in. She knows perfectly which buttons to press and integrates rapidly in the rules of the game. With a certain cynicism, she knows who to seduce.” True or not—it makes for one juicy read.
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