“From time to time I allow monogamy, but I prefer polygamy and polyandry”
Sarkozy's wife made a name for herself as a model
The wife of the 28th President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, is perhaps the most scandalous person in modern times. political world. With her appearance as a lady of the first person of the state, rumors spread in world society that it was she who broke happy family Sarkozy, and the president himself began to be accused of windiness and frivolity, although there were those who sincerely supported this union.
Carla Bruni was born in 1967 in Italy. Her parents were pianist Marisa Borini and opera composer and part-time owner of the tire company Alberto Bruni Tadeski. The family was quite rich, and when the Red Brigade terrorist group began operating in the country, kidnapping children, the parents were forced to leave for France.
Over time, Carla went to study at the Swiss School, where she mastered the course of playing the piano and guitar. The girl has always been distinguished by her beauty and article, so she decided to try herself as a model. After graduating from a boarding school, Carla entered the Faculty of History at the Sorbonne, but she did not study there for long and professionally took up a modeling career.
Carla Bruni photo
Already at the age of 19, she worked with the country's leading fashion designers, was one of the twenty most sought-after models in the world, posed for many magazines, including in the nude. So she worked for 10 years and decided to leave the podium. Having made a name for herself, Carla Bruni did not go into the shadows, but tried herself as a singer. In 2003, she released her first album Somebody Told Me, which consisted of 11 songs, 8 of which Carla wrote herself. The newly minted singer immediately found success, and in 2007 she already dared to release the English-language album "No Promises". Music critics positively evaluated the work of the future first lady of the country, noting the special lyricism of her songs.
Loving Carla Bruni
Carla Bruni supermodel, actress and singer
As for the personal life of Carla Bruni, the girl always had a lot of fans, and well-known in society. For example, her boyfriends were Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, actor Kevin Costner, Vincent Perez, and French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius.
Carla Bruni on the cover of glossy magazines
Carla Bruni herself never hid her views on open relationships, she even had the courage to speak out for polyandry and polygamy. For a long time, a woman lived in a civil marriage with French writer Jean-Paul Enthovin, while having an affair with his son Raphael. Subsequently, Carla gave birth to a son, Orellana, from a young admirer (2001).
Carla Bruni popular French singer
They broke up in 2007, and soon information appeared in the media about the affair between Bruni and Sarkozy. Some believe that it was because of this connection that the French president broke up with his wife. Someone openly said that in this way Karla is trying to strengthen her financial position, someone condemned Sarkozy for choosing such a fickle and scandalous person, but the couple passed all the tests and in February 2008 were married officially.
Carla Bruni wife of the President of France
The political world was wary of the new first lady of France. Some did not take her seriously at all, believing that such an alliance would not last long. However, despite a lot of talk and often rumors in the yellow press, Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni are quite happy together. In October 2011, their daughter was born. Medvedev's wife expressed her congratulations to the newly-made parents.
Carla Bruni hates people who defame her husband's name
Carla Bruni Sarkozy
She tries not to notice all the attacks from the opponents of her husband, and proudly defends her right to bear the title of the first lady of the country. She herself says that Nicolas for her, first of all, is not a president, but a husband. Despite many novels in the past, for the first time a woman felt warmth, affection and care from a man.
Carla Bruni wife of Nicolas Sarkozy
3 years have passed since their wedding, and during this time Carla Bruni learned to divide life into political and family. She rarely gives advice to her husband and tries not to interfere in his career. She accepts any decision of Nicolas Sarkozy.
Carla Bruni with her husband
Probably, such a position is largely determined by the general worldview of Karla, because in her heart she does not feel like a prim lady, but remains a free singer, a person of the art world. This allows her to maintain ease in relationships.
Carla Bruni, First Lady of France with her husband Nicolas Sarkozy
Even the fact that many do not perceive her as the president's wife and still call her a "girl" does not infuriate Carla. The only thing you can't put up with Sarkozy's wife, so it is with the fact that her name and the name of her husband are denigrated by people who do not know their family at all. Often articles appear in blogs and the media that Carla Bruni got on the side of her lover or left Sarkozy for the sake of another fan.
Carla Gilberta Bruni Sarkozy Tedeschi (Carla Gilberta Bruni Sarkozy Tedeschi) - Italian and French model, singer, author and composer, wife of the 23rd President French Republic— Nicolas Sarkozy.
Carla Bruni was born in northern Italy, 20 kilometers from Torino on December 23, 1967.
Family
The girl's mother, Marisa Bruni Tedeschi Borini, not only loved music, she lived it, playing the piano superbly. Father Alberto Bruni Tedeschi (Alberto Bruni Tedeschi) is an avant-garde opera composer, headed the Turin Teatro Regio. He had been waiting for the opportunity to marry a girl for five years.
Alberto's parents owned a tire and electrical company for SEAT, were wealthy people and did not want to see a poor native of Piedmont in their daughters-in-law, even despite her aristocratic pedigree. The grandfather of the future model - Virginio Tedeschi (Virginio Tedeschi) was born a Jew, but converted to Catholicism in order to get permission to marry a girl from the Bruni family. They were madly in love with their son, educating him as a musician, lawyer, and engineer.
But Marisa waited for her happiness and the newlyweds got married. Their home was the Castagneto Po castle of 40 rooms, where in 1959 the first-born Virginio (Virginio), who became an artist, was born, in 2006 he died of AIDS. In 1964, Valeria's daughter was born, who later became an actress and film director. Carla - youngest daughter spouses.
Childhood
The mother gave all her parental love to one child - Virginio. She was rarely at home, spending a lot of time on tour and in the arms of lovers, with whom she was not particularly shy. One of them, 19-year-old guitarist Maurizio Remmert, later turned out to be Carla's biological father. He was not embarrassed by the fact that Marisa was 15 years older, and the musician did not want to know his daughter at all.
A beautiful and spectacular woman entrusted the upbringing of her children to the nanny Teresa (Teresa), she came for the whole day, and in the evening put them to bed and went to her place. Until the age of 6, Karla was afraid to sleep alone and spent the night with her nanny, while secular parents paid tribute to art.
The most precious thing that the baby had at that time was the love of an outside woman and the notes of Mozart on her mother's piano.
In the early 70s. father buys an estate with a large beach in France, in Cavalière on Cap Nègre. In 1974 the family decided to move to Paris. In Italy, the gangster group "Red Brigades" raged with might and main, earning their living by kidnapping children from wealthy families. Alberto and Marisa, fearing for the life and health of the heirs left unattended, take them away from potential danger. Nanny Teresa does not agree to the move, but she always remembers her pupils with tenderness and sadness. So Carla is left without the care of the closest person.
Studies
Parents assign little Carla Bruni to an elite Swiss boarding school for training. There, the girl studies the guitar and piano. It was boring for her to study, so she could not finish the educational institution with honors. IN adolescence she begins to write poetry and songs, but for 10 years she does not dare to present them to the public. The first person who saw the work of Carla was the guitarist of the Telerhone band, Louis Bertignac.
At the same time, the girl is trying to start a career in the modeling world. Her perfect figure perfectly compensates for the imperfection of her face. At the age of 16, Carla poses for free for photographer Thierry Le Gouès, with whom fate will bring her many more times later.
After school, the girl enters the Paris Sorbonne University (la Sorbonne) at the Faculty of Art History and Architecture. Full of ambition and desire to become a celebrity, young Carla travels to the next modeling agency, which turned out to be "City Models" in hopes of getting a job. They appreciated the perfect data of the girl and offered her to sign a contract. Soon the new job so captivated Karla that she quit the university, makes herself plastic surgery to correct the shape of the nose and completely goes into the world of fashion.
At 29 successful model beautifully ends his career on the podium to return to his favorite pastime of music.
Model career
In 1988, the agency offers a new model to take part in the Guess advertising campaign. The shows of the famous fashion house were a resounding success and Carla became a world celebrity in one day. She was offered expensive contracts by many fashion houses in France and Italy.
Photos of Carla Bruni appeared on the covers of Spanish, English and Italian Voque, Italian Elle, Marie Сlaige, Hagregs & Queen and other glossy magazines with a large circulation. Moreover, a photo of naked Carla Bruni could also sometimes be found in fashion magazines.
For 10 years of modeling career, the girl has been working with such fashion houses as Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Chanel Cosmetics, D&G, Givenchy, Givenchy, Dior, and MaxMara. She becomes one of the most expensive models in the world, earning seven and a half million dollars for shows.
Stylists, photographers and make-up artists enjoyed working with Carla. She led healthy lifestyle life, every day I swam and ran three kilometers, followed a diet. The girl strictly monitored that her weight always remained at around 55 kilograms with a height of 175 centimeters.
While applying make-up, she read Dostoevsky, when flying from show to show, Karla took out self-study books and learned foreign languages.
She could buy many outfits from designer collections, but she always dressed modestly and discreetly. WITH early years girl trained facial expressions, since wrinkles frightened her, and long hours of photo shoots required immobility and endurance. Christian Lacroix and Jean-Paul Gaultier considered her one of the best models, while Carla could freely offer her services to world-famous designers herself.
In 1997, the model announced her retirement from the world of high fashion. Carla decides on a solo career as a singer.
Actress career
In 1988, Carla starred in episodic roles films: Haute Couture (Prêt-à-Porter, 1994) directed by Robert Altman and Paparazzi directed by Alain Berberian.
In 1995, she had another role in the film directed by Richard Leacock (Richard Leacock) "Catwalk" ("Catwalk").
In total, Bruni has 17 paintings. There is even a fantasy-style picture "Midnight in Paris" ("Midnight in Paris", 2011) directed by Woody Allen. But the career of the singer attracted Carla is still stronger than the career of an actress.
Singer career
It is not easy to become a recognized musician in France. Karla understood this very well and went to the intended goal all her life.
She not only played the guitar and composed songs “on the table”, the girl went to vocal lessons twice a week, met musicians, and carefully chose a recording studio.
Carla's favorite singer and composer was Julien Clerc, and at one of the social receptions, the former top model told him that she had been writing songs for a long time. Julien did not go into details and, in order to at least something to answer the girl, advised her to contact her producer.
A few weeks later, the Clerk is faxed a text unknown author titled "If I were her" ("Si j'étais elle"). The composition turned out to be so elegant, light, fresh and full of feelings that soon the musician released an album under this name, which sold three hundred copies. Six songs from the album were written to him by Carla.
In 2003, songs by Carla Bruni in French and English language recorded in her first debut album "Someone told me" ("Quelqu'un m'a dit"). Eight compositions of eleven are the work of Karla herself.
The album was a resounding success in France and sold over 800,000 copies. Worldwide sales surpassed 1 million copies. The album was produced by one of the singer's lovers, Louis Bertignac. Their romance developed within a year, then came to naught and the couple broke up. The blues, rock and folk style of Carla's lyrical songs led her to victory in the nomination " Best Female Singer of the Year" at the Victoire de la Musique competition, "Musical Victories" (Victoires de la musique).
The song "Raphael", dedicated to the university philosopher and father of her son, Raphael Enthoven, became a hit even before the album was released. Carla's low voice, not having a wide range, nevertheless managed to win the hearts of the French with its frankness.
In 2007, the second album "No Promises" was released in English.
In 2008, the third album “As if nothing happened” (“Comme si de rien n’etait”) was recorded. Since the singer recorded the last album already bearing the name of Carl Bruni Sarkozy, it was a huge success and sold five hundred thousand copies by the end of the year.
star lovers
From childhood, Carla's mother inspired her daughter that someday she would be able to become the first lady and contributed to this in every possible way. As a child, the girl often spent summers with the future Prince of Monaco, Albert Grimaldi. The royal family had a villa in France next to the villa of the Bruni family. But the mother's plans did not materialize.
Carla perfectly learned the lessons of her mother and preferred to meet only with rich and successful lovers.
One of them was the soloist Rolling Stones- Mick Jagger From the age of 16, the girl dreamed of meeting him and after 4 years the dream began to come true. Carla began an affair with musician Eric Clapton, a close friend of Mick, and through him met the idol of her youth.
Jagger liked the girl, he decided to start an affair with her, not assuming that feelings would develop into something more than simple flirting. Their romance lasted 8 years, the musician even wanted to divorce his wife, American actress Jerry Hall, but his mistress did not need it. Jagger, although he was 25 years older than Carla, could not control himself. He endlessly called the girl at the agency, and once he took a helicopter and flew to her from a tour for one night.
- Mig Jagger was not Bruni's only passion. At 25, she began dating French actor Vincent Pérez. But this intrigue did not last long, soon the girl got bored with the relationship.
- French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman has joined Carla's list of lovers between his two marriages. The paparazzi took a photo when the couple walked along the beach, holding hands.
- The real president of the United States, the multibillionaire Donald Trump, did not go unnoticed by the passionate Italian. For the sake of Bruni, Trump left his beloved American actress Marla Maples.
- Relations with the famous lawyer Arno Klarsfeld (Arno Klarsfeld) at one time was widely discussed in the press. Subsequently, Arnault became a French adviser.
- The relationship with the French actor Charles Berling is not completely clear., who planned in 2008 to record a common album with Clara.
- In the early nineties, Bruni had a brief relationship with the best guitarist peace by Eric Clapton, but they were not particularly advertised.
- Another man Bruni conquered was the musician Florent Pagny.. Carla was the reason for the separation of Pani from his beloved Vanessa Paradis (Vanessa Paradis). But the novel did not bear fruit, the musician left for Argentina, where he found another wife.
Other famous lovers of Carla Bruni were: French politician Laurent Fabius (Laurent Fabius), American actor and musician Kevin Costner, French film director and actor Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director Leos Carax, French actor Christopher Thompson, ex-Minister of Education Luce Ferry .
Husbands and children
Despite the fact that the press gave Carla the nickname "Don Juan in a skirt", the woman wanted to get married and have a baby.
In 1999, she met the publisher, critic and writer Jean-Paul Enthoven, who was 19 years older than her. But the man had a son, Rafael (Raffaello), who liked Bruni even more. Without hesitation, she takes him away from his legal wife, Justine Lévy, and they begin to live together. In 2001, Carla and Rafael (he turned out to be 10 years younger than his partner) have a son, Aurélien. The couple breaks up after 6 years.
In October 2007, Carla came to a diplomatic dinner with Jacques Séguéla, where French President Nicolas Sarkozy was also invited.
His wife had just left him, and Carla was able to captivate and interest an influential guest. Everyone who was at this dinner noticed that lightning flashed between them.
From the first day they met to this day, the couple has been together. In 2008, they legalized their relationship at the Elysee Palace (Palais de l'Élysée). Carla is also involved in music and appears on the covers of magazines. The only ban - the appearance on stage - she was able to survive for the sake of her beloved husband.
Carla Bruni Sarkozy today
After Nicolas lost the second presidential election, Carla was not upset at all. She returned to her favorite business and became a face, makes music and gives concerts again.
She has settled down, is raising a daughter, has established relationships with her husband's ex-wives - Cecilia Attias (Cecilia Attias) and Marie Dominique (Marie Dominique).
- During her work as a model, Carla Bruni was the face of the covers of fashion glossy magazines 250 times.
- Donald Trump, the real president of America, only person, with which Carla Bruni officially denies a connection, although he is considered one of former lovers Italians.
- Living in France since childhood, Bruni for a long time remained an Italian citizen. She received French citizenship only in 2008.
- Bruni finally said goodbye to old life, sold all the antiques of her late billionaire father Alberto, sold the castle for thirteen million pounds and set up a medical research fund in her brother's name with the money. She disliked her home, because there her father revealed to her the secret of her origin.
- In 2008, Carla herself visited her biological father in São Paulo (São Paulo), where she met him, his wife and two stepsisters.
- (with all of them Carla had a good relationship), although he does not show his jealousy in public.
- In 2010, the Sarkozy spouses visit the mausoleum mosque in India Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal) where a woman asks heaven for the birth of a son.
- Meeting Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Carla wore a blue jersey outfit, but did not wear a bra underneath. Medvedev did not succumb to the provocation, but this story was discussed for a long time in the press.
- During one of the meetings with Michelle Obama (Michelle Obama), Carla shared with that details intimate life with husband. Michelle was so shocked by Carla's words that she did not hold the dinner that Sarkozy's wife had hoped for, canceling it 2 hours before the scheduled start.
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Carla Bruni
Singer, actress, model Date of birth December 12 (Capricorn) 1967 (51) Place of birth Turin Instagram @carlabruniofficial
successful modeling career, several song albums, work in the largest jewelry company, the title of the first lady of France - something that Carla Bruni can be proud of. The woman achieved success thanks to her talent, hard work and ability to charm others.
Biography of Carla Bruni
In December 1967, Carla Giulbert Bruni was born in the quiet Italian town of Turin. Mother Marisa was a pianist, and stepfather Alberto combined music and work as the owner of an industrial concern. Carla was not only child. She had an older sister Valeria and younger brother Virginio.
In 1974 the Bruni-Tedesco family moved from Italy to France. The girl received her secondary education at a prestigious boarding school. There she learned to play the piano and guitar. The girl received a diploma in art history in best university country - Sorbonne.
At 19 Carla Bruni took up modeling. The main goal was to earn money, but her career quickly went up. The young beauty signed a contract with City Models and after a few months she began to receive numerous offers from famous brands.
Carla's first photo shoot was in 1988 for Guess. After the release of the advertising campaign, the girl was waiting for dizzying success. She filmed for advertising posters, magazine covers and commercials. In most cases, the model posed half-naked.
During the period 1994-1995, Bruni earned $ 7.5 million. The model was recognized as the highest paid in the world. Solid fees were received through contracts with Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Givenchy, Prada, MaxMara, Chistian Dior and other fashion houses.
At the age of 29, the supermodel decides to leave the pinnacle of fame and take up music. In 2003, Carla's first album was recorded and released, most of the texts for the compositions she wrote on her own. The record called "Someone told me" sold out in a few days. In France, about 800 thousand copies were released, in other countries - over 1 million copies.
In 2004, Carla was awarded as the "Best Singer of the Year". To confirm the high rank, she releases two more albums with author's songs.
Like an actress former model also took place. Filmography Bruni has about 17 roles. Most famous paintings with her participation: "Paparazzi" and "Midnight in Paris".
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Childhood and family of Carla Bruni
Complete maiden name before marriage - Carla Gilbert Bruni Tedeschi.The future first lady of France, model, singer and actress Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was born on December 23, 1968 in Turin (Italy). Carla's family was musical. Mother Marisa Borini was an accompanist, father Alberto Bruni Tedeschi, an Italian by birth, - opera composer, and part-time industrialist. The girl's had enough warm relationship with her mother, and that her father was not her own, she learned only after his death. Carla's blood father is businessman Maurizio Remert, with whom her mother once had a rather long affair.
Carla also has a sister, who has become a popular actress, and a brother, who is now engaged in artistic activities.
Carla Bruni
The whole artistic family of Bruni lived in Turin, in the castle of Piedmont, as long as it was safe there. Beginning in 1974, a terrorist group appeared in Italy, which was engaged in the abduction of children. Fearing for the lives of their children, the Bruni family moved from Italy to France. There, Carla went to study at a Swiss school, and also mastered playing the guitar and piano. After school, Carla Bruni entered the Faculty of Art History at the Institute at the Sorbonne, where she studied quite a bit, as the girl was captured by the modeling business.
Carla Bruni in the fashion world
In order to earn some money, the girl, not really counting on luck, turned to an advertising agency. unexpected success didn't have to wait long. Thanks to a contract with City Models, Carla Bruni is at the pinnacle of fame and is recognized as the highest paid model in the world. Carla's first ad campaign was for a Guess Fashion House photoshoot in 1988. And here it is, a dizzying success. From customers there was no release. Everyone wanted to see Carla on their magazine covers, photo platforms, commercials. There were proposals from the world's leading companies in Italy and France, working in the field of haute couture.Experience came to Karla, she improved, and kept up with the times. No one could take away the palm from her. Her photo first appeared on the cover of Voque magazine. There were also multi-year contracts with companies such as Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Givenchy, Cesare Paciotti, Christian Dior, Chanel, MaxMara. For 1994-1995 Carla Bruni received royalties for total amount 7.5 million dollars, which rightfully gave her the status of the highest paid model in the world.
Carla Bruni really appreciated her capabilities and knew her price. She also understood that the fashion world is very cruel and adamant, she will not miss the slack. To meet the high demands of the couturier, she always kept herself in shape, led a healthy lifestyle, went in for swimming, invariably ran 3 km every day, and strictly followed her diet. Discipline was Carla's number one priority.
Carla Bruni - actress and singer
At the age of 29, having tried all the delights of fame and success in the modeling business, Carla Bruni decides to leave it. And she did it for solo career. In 2003, Carla released her first debut album, in which most of The songs were written by Carla herself. The record was called "Someone told me", and brought great success and popularity. The record was produced by Louis Bertignac. The popularity was overwhelming. In France alone, the record sold 800,000 copies, and world figures call the figure 1 million copies! In this regard, in 2004, the singer Carla Bruni was awarded the title of "Best Singer of the Year", the highest award in the recording field in France. A few years later, the second and third discs of Carla Bruni were released, in which the authorship of most of the compositions also belonged to the ex-model. Music critics noted the lyrical mood in Carla's music.Carla Bruni also tried herself as an actress, starring in 17 films. Among them are the comedy "Paparazzi" (Director Alain Berberyan, Paparazzi, 1998), fantasy "Midnight in Paris" (directed by Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, 2011).
Personal life of Carla Bruni
The personal life of Carla Bruni, like any famous person, also did not go unnoticed by the press and the public. Moreover, such names as Mick Jagger, Kevin Costner, Eric Clapton, and even Donald Trump, a construction magnate, sound in it. And it's not full list Karla's connections, the names of famous French politicians, businessmen, and professors were also present in it. In 2003, Carla Bruni's son Orellan was born. His father, the aspiring philosopher Raphael Enthoven, is 10 years younger than Carla. She began an affair with him after she broke off relations with his father, the writer Jean-Paul Enthovin. 
It so happened that despite the birth of a son, in 2007 the Bruni-Entoven couple broke up. And by the end of the same year, information began to appear in the press about the novel by Carla Bruni and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. By that time, he had already divorced his second wife. In February 2008, a marriage was officially registered between them, which was the first in Carla's life and the third for Nicolas Sarkozy.
The presence of a stamp in the passport and the status of the first lady of France did not change the lifestyle of Carla Bruni. She continues to engage in solo and modeling career. Participates in advertising campaigns, shoots for the covers of fashion publications, releases albums. The only restriction in connection with the new status was for Carla the refusal of concert activities.
At the end of 2010, the father of the President of France officially confirmed the information about the pregnancy of the first lady, and in November 2011, Carla Bruni gave birth to a daughter, Julia. This event is also significant in that for the first time in the history of France, a child was born to the current president of the country.
Little French song by Carla Bruni - lemag
Carla Bruni now
In 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy ceased to be President of France, losing in the elections to François Hollande of the Socialist Party. At the same time, Carla Bruni stepped down from her duties as first lady. She leads again vigorous activity in the world of show business and fashion, headed the Fund for Assistance to Students and Socially Vulnerable Segments of the Population. At the end of last year, she again posed for the cover of Voque, and in March 2013 she signed a contract with the Fashion House and jewelry Bulgary, becoming the face of the brand.We bring to your attention a unique (162 PHOTOS!) selection candid photos first lady of France, fashion model, actress and singer - Carla Bruni.
BIOGRAPHY OF CARLA BRUNI
Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi was born on December 23, 1967 in Turin.
Height - 1.75m.
Stepdaughter of the industrialist (owner of the Pirelli concern) and composer Alberto Bruni-Tedeschi, daughter of the pianist Marisa Borini. From the age of 5, Carla lives in France (although until July 2008 she had only Italian citizenship), she studied at an elite boarding school in Switzerland. She began her modeling career at the age of 19, was one of the twenty most highly paid models in the world, and worked with a number of fashion houses. She left the podium (but not her singing career) after marrying Sarkozy.
Singer career
In 1997, Bruni left the podium and performs as a singer; before her marriage to the president, she released two albums with songs like own composition. On July 11, 2008, her third album was released, already as the first lady, called "As if nothing had happened"; he attracted great attention public, 14,100 copies were sold in the first 3 days. By the end of 2008, the album had sold 500,000 copies, of which the first 300,000 were sold in France.
Family
In 2001, the 33-year-old Bruni had a son, Aurelien, from a 23-year-old student of the Higher Normal School (later a professor of philosophy and a host of radio programs) Rafael Enthoven.
Enthovin was previously married to Justine Levy, daughter of the French "media intellectual" Bernard-Henri Levy, known as BHL. Bruni at that time lived with Enthovin's father and best friend Levy, critic, philosopher and publisher Jean-Paul Enthovin. Subsequently, Bruni and Enthoven Jr. broke up, she dedicated the song "Raphael" to him in her first album. The offended Justine Levy took revenge on the lover in the novel "Rien de grave" ("Nothing special"), which draws a rather bilious portrait of "Paula", "a female praying mantis with a Terminator smile."
Bruni has repeatedly stated that she was "bored with monogamy", among her many lovers, in addition to the father and son of Entoven, were Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Kevin Costner, Vincent Perez, Donald Trump and former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabus.
Marriage to Sarkozy
However, only French President Nicolas Sarkozy managed to call Bruni his wife. Bruni's acquaintance with Sarkozy took place in the fall of 2007, shortly after his divorce; together they spent the Christmas holidays and visited many vacation spots. On January 8, 2008, Sarkozy confirmed the fact of their romance at a press conference and hinted that he was going to marry Carla. On February 2, 2008, the wedding of Bruni and Sarkozy took place at the Elysee Palace. For Nicolas, this is the third marriage. For the first time, the head of the French Republic married while in office as president.
In March 2008, Carla accompanied her husband on an official visit to the UK, where she received considerable public attention. In the summer of that year, she received French citizenship.
