Pregnant Carla Bruni makes bizarre claim that Sarkozy's green fingers wooed her
Carla Bruni married Nicolas Sarkozy because of his expert knowledge of flowers including tulips and roses, Frances pregnant First Lady said today.
In one of her most bizarre interviews to date, the 43-year-old said the diminutive President was one of the most green-fingered men she had ever met.
When I met him, walking around the garden in the Elysee Palace, he kept giving me all these flowers names, said Miss Bruni.
Revelation: Carla Bruni pictured here with her husband Nicholas Sarkozy said that she married him because of his knowledge of flowers
He knows all the Latin names, all these details about tulips and roses. I said to myself: My God, I must marry this man, he's the president and he knows everything about flowersas well. This is incredible.
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Untilnow Ms Bruni who uses her maiden name in her career as a pop singer -has always maintained she fell in love with Mr Sarkozy instantly at a Paris dinner party.
Theymarried in February 2008 following a whirlwind romance of just 80 days,with Ms Bruni saying it would not have been right and proper for her t! oremain a live-in girlfriend.
Butthis is the first time that anybody has heard anything about Mr Sarkozys alleged love of gardening. He is a known to enjoy stamp collecting, running and cycling.
Inher interview for the BBC with her close friend Christine Ockrent, the wife of former French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, Ms Bruni also made the strange claim that no-one in France is interested in her expected baby. This is despite the fact that it will be the first born to a serving President in the history of the Fifth Republic.
Thethought of the thrice-married Mr Sarkozy, who is 5ft 5ins, having a child with a 5ft 9ins former supermodel whose ex-boyfriends include MickJagger and Eric Clapton has also stirred huge interest around the world.
But Ms Bruni described her pregnancy as something very banal, although she admittedit was great news for her and Mr Sarkozy, who already has three sons and two step-daughters.
MsBruni, who has a son from a previous relationship, said: I'm superstitious, so yes, I've been very careful (talking about the pregnancy). But there isn't much to say. So many women are expecting children and giving birth, and it's so uninteresting for French people.
She said that a newborn baby at the Elysee would be an example of the French Republic joining the modern world.
MsBruni said playing guitar and touring is what I miss most since becoming First Lady, and she admitted: My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time and be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has.
The full interview with Ms Bruni will be broadcast on the BBC on Tuesday.
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