Carla Gilberta Bruni Sarkozy Tedeschi (Carla Gilberta Bruni Sarkozy Tedeschi) - Italian and French model, singer, author and composer, wife of the 23rd President of the French Republic - Nicolas Sarkozy.
Carla Bruni was born in northern Italy, 20 kilometers from Torino on December 23, 1967.
A 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 company producing tires and electrical equipment 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 is the youngest daughter of the couple.
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. She was bored studying, so with honors educational institution failed to finish. As a teenager, 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 new job so captivated Carla that she quits university, gets herself a plastic surgery to correct the shape of her nose and completely goes into the world of fashion.
At the age of 29, the successful model beautifully ends her career on the catwalk in order to return to her favorite pastime in 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 modeling career the girl works 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. From an early age, the girl trained facial expressions, since wrinkles frightened her, and long hours of photo shoots required immobility and endurance. Christian Lacroix (Christian Lacroix) and Jean-Paul Gaultier (Jean-Paul Gaultier) considered her one of the best models, while Carla could freely offer her services to world-famous designers.
In 1997, the model announced her retirement from the world of high fashion. Carla decides to solo career singers.
Actress career
In 1988, Carla starred in episodic roles in 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, Carla Bruni's songs in French and English were 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 dumped 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 in the world, Eric Clapton (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 the former lovers of the Italian.
- 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 her old life, sold all the antiques of her late billionaire father Alberto, sold the castle for thirteen million pounds and created a medical research fund in the name of her brother with this 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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Biography
Carla Bruni was born in 1967 in the city to the well-known industrialist Alberto Bruni-Tedeschi and pianist Marisa Borini. The father was not native to the girl, the singer found out about this only after the death of her stepfather. In addition to Carla, her sister and brother were brought up in the family. In 1975, when Carla was only 8 years old, her parents were forced to move to France due to unrest in Italy associated with the intensification of the revolutionary movement. Fearing for possible abductions of children, which became more frequent at that time, the family left their homeland. The girl was sent to an elite boarding school in Switzerland. Here she mastered the guitar and piano. After school, the girl entered the Sorbonne Institute at the Faculty of Art History, but at the age of 19 she dropped out to become a model. Suddenly, luck turned to face young Carla, and the girl signed a lucrative contract with an advertising agency. The girl quickly became famous. She began to appear frequently on the covers of fashion magazines and in commercials. Within a few future years she worked with several famous houses fashion, including Guess and Versace, quickly becoming a highly paid fashion model.
Singer and actress career
In 1997, Carla Bruni, whose biography is closely connected with creativity, decided to devote herself to a musical career. In 1999, the girl proposed to the famous French pop singer Julien Clerk, some of the songs she wrote. The artist liked them so much that they were included in his album. In 2002, she released her own first solo album "Someone told me". Of the 10 songs, 8 were written personally by Carla. The album was a resounding success in France. For many it was complete surprise. The discs instantly scattered across France, exceeding the circulation of 800,000 copies. In 2004, Carla received the highest award company "Victoria" in the nomination "Singer of the Year". A few years later, two albums of the singer appeared at once: “No Promises” (2007) and “As if nothing had happened” (2008). Again, most of the tracks are written by the singer herself. Carla Bruni's style (a combination of blues, rock and folk) and the lyricism of the music were highly appreciated by critics, and the girl gained millions of fans around the world. In 2013, the fourth album of the singer "Little French Songs" appears.
The talented girl also tried herself as an actress. Since 1988, she has starred in several films, in particular, in the film "Paparazzi" (1988) and "Runway" (1995). In 2009, the singer was offered the role of a tour guide in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. In total, during her career, the actress starred in 17 films.
Personal life
Carla Bruni has dated many celebrities such as singer-actor mogul Donald Trump and others. The list of her lovers included famous politicians, businessmen, professors. For some time the singer lived with the writer Jean-Paul Enthovin. However, unexpectedly, she fell in love with the writer's son, destroying his marriage. The singer in 2001 gave birth to a son from Rafael Entoven. Six years later, despite having a common child, they broke up. Carla dedicated a track to the father of her child in her first album, which was called "Raphael".
Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni
In 2007, Carla meets President Sarkozy at a dinner party. He was divorced by this time. A few months later, Nicolas offers Carla a hand and a heart. For Bruni, this is the first marriage in her life, for the President of France - the third. Thanks to this union, the singer receives French citizenship. The status of the first lady is not a singer. She continued to engage in modeling and musical activities. During her life with Sarkozy, Carla starred in famous magazines, participated in advertising campaigns, recorded own songs. The only thing that the status of the first lady did not allow was to tour with concerts. Changes have also taken place in the life of the president and his team. Under the influence of Carla, Nicolas loses weight, and with it many other high-ranking officials of France. In 2011, a daughter is born in the Bruni-Sarkozy family. By the way, for the first time in the history of the country, the incumbent president has a child. In 2012, Sarkozy loses the election and leaves the presidency, handing over the reins of power to his successor.
Charity
For several years, starting in 2009, Karla has been actively charitable activities. This year, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy becomes official ambassador to protect children from HIV infection. By the way, a few years before, in 2006, the singer's brother died from this disease. The woman also defends animal rights, urging fashionistas around the world to abandon fur products in clothes. Carla transfers the royalties from her albums to the funds for the protection of children from HIV infection. Together with her husband, she repeatedly takes part in international symposiums on women's mortality and literacy in third world countries. In 2009, Karla is awarded the prestigious Cross of the Order of Charles III. In 2010, the famous singer participates in helping children who survived the earthquake in Haiti. Then many orphans were adopted by French families.
Scandals
Several times in her life, Carla Bruni has been involved in scandals associated with her name. Most of them were, however, related to her modeling career. For example, in 2008 was released designer clothing and bags with a photograph of a naked singer. This photo was taken back in 1993 when a young Bruni posed as a model. Carla Bruni, whose photo was put on public display, sued the manufacturers of these bags. The woman donated the amount of the won lawsuit to a pet shelter.
Another scandal associated with the name of the wife of the ex-president of France erupted in 2010. She condemned the "stoning" sentence against a woman who committed adultery. In connection with this, the Iranian newspaper Kayhan published a response article, where Bruni is called a "prostitute" for extramarital affairs during her affair with the writer Jean-Paul Enthovin.
Carla Bruni today
After Sarkozy unexpectedly lost the next election in 2012 and ceased to be the head of state, Carla was forced to relieve herself of the difficult duties of the first lady. Today, the woman is active. In 2012, the singer again starred for the famous fashion magazine Voque, and in 2013 she signed a contract with the Bulgary Fashion House, popular in France. Do not forget Bruni and charitable activities. In particular, she heads the Fund for Assistance to Socially Unprotected Categories of the Country's Population. In June 2014, Carla is going to come to Russia to perform on the stage of the Mikhailovsky Theater in northern capital. Fans of the singer's creativity awaits solo concert and performance of author's songs with a guitar, as well as melodies of other popular composers.
Conclusion
Carla Bruni, whose life has always been full of bright events, scandals and intrigues, still has fans all over the world today. She is remembered, known and loved not only as the ex-wife of the President of France, but also as talented singer, a woman with and just a beauty.
Carla Bruni (ital. Carla Bruni; genus. 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. Already next year, the model becomes the face 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 and 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 last decade XX 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 modeling business and at the same time receives good money (according to some reports, her earnings were up to $ 7.5 million 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 becomes the winner of the prestigious national competition"Victoires de la musique" in the category "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 plays a cameo role in Douglas Keeve's documentary Unbuttoned, dedicated to the work of an 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 French Prime Minister 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. The connection of 33-year-old Carla and 23-year-old Rafael destroyed his marriage with his daughter 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 she died. younger brother Virginio.
In 2011, the American magazine "Vanity Fair" placed Carla Bruni on the first line in the ranking of the most elegant women in the world.
Currently, Carla continues to make music, which is also a kind of record, since among the first ladies of states the presence of their own successful career is a rarity.
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy interview with Barbara Walters
The interview was conducted by Barbara Walters, an American journalist and writer, presenter, including 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 be an 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 never was femme fatale, and never a cheater, ever since she 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.
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, 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 as her own composition. On July 11, 2008, her third album was released, already as the first lady, entitled "As if nothing had happened"; he attracted a lot of attention from the public, in the first 3 days 14,100 copies were sold. By the end of 2008, the album had sold 500,000 copies, of which the first 300,000 were sold in France.
A 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 Enthovin.
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 her father and son 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.
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 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 his 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 on the road to fame as a singer was the creation of six songs for the famous French singer Julien Clerk, 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
However, Carla Bruni Sarkozy has always attracted big interest not so much with his creative career as with his 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.
