Italian press unhappy with snobbish Bruni

October 12th, 2009 LONDON - French first lady Carla Bruni has been seeing a psychotherapist for the past eight years, it has emerged. It is alleged that the former model-cum-singer, who is married to President Nicolas Sarkozy, confessed visiting a shrink in a yet to be released documentary about her life for French television.he Daily Mail reported that France's Plurielles.fr website had said it had seen clips of the programme.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - French First Lady Carla Bruni has confessed to being in a never-ending beauty contest with other First Ladies across the world. Bruni, 41, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has now unveiled a new website to give the world a peek of her former glamorous supermodel days.

September 26th, 2009 LONDON - US First Lady Michelle Obama couldn't help but fall victim to the beast of jealously when husband Barack moved in for a smooch with French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh. According to the Daily Express, Michelle looked uncomfortable when the US President went on to greet Bruni-Sarkozy with a peck on the cheek.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - France's First Lady Carla Bruni was recently spotted going for a swim wearing a teeny tiny black bikini and a pair of flippers. Bruni, 41, whose sensational figure has been honed by regular sessions with personal trainer Julie Imperiali, was snapped with French president Nicolas Sarkozy in the South of France.

July 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, former model Carla Bruni, are about to become grandparents. Sarkozy's politician's son Jean and wife Jessica Sebaoun are expecting their first child.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - If reports are to be believed, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni have been spending over 660 pounds a day on flowers. The revelation comes as a public audit has surfaced amid the worst recession for decades.

July 18th, 2009 LONDON - French film legend and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has urged first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to support a ban on bullfighting. The 1960s blonde bombshell has asked the former supermodel, in a letter, to sway President Nicolas Sarkozy on the issue, reports Sky News.

July 14th, 2009 PARIS - French First Lady Carla Bruni, it seems, has made a habit of appearing at state and official functions, both in France and abroad, in monochromatic outfits. At Tuesday's French National Day celebrations where Indian Prime Minister Dr.

July 11th, 2009 LONDON - French First lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy gave glimpse of her philanthropist side as she pledged a personal donation of a whopping 43,000 pounds to a hospital treating survivors of earthquake- ravaged town of L'Aquila. The former model-singer visited the earthquake-hit region a day after the wives of other leaders participating in the Group of Eight summit (G8) did, reports The Daily Express.

July 10th, 2009 France's first lady visits quake-torn cityL'AQUILA, Italy — France's Italian-born first lady has pledged a personal donation of euro50,000 ($70,000) to a hospital treating quake survivors. Carla Bruni toured the damaged central Italian town of L'Aquila and said her husband's government will contribute euro3.2 million to help repair the dome of the Santa Maria du Suffragio church on the town's central square.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - Having played host to showgirls, a teenage model and a prostitute, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's suitability to receive world's first ladies for G8 has come under question, especially after French first lady Carla Bruni announced she would not attend the official G8 events in Rome. The official party of First Ladies, including Michelle Obama and Sarah Brown, is expected to arrive today for a three-day visit to Rome and the earthquake-stricken city of L'Aquila, The Times reports.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - In a bid to hit back at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's attempts to ban the burka, a crazed Islamic cleric named Anjem Choudary has branded his wife Carla Bruni a prostitute. It may be recalled that while addressing Parliament recently, Sarkozy had said wearing the burka was not welcome in France, sparking strong reactions from Muslim communities around the world.

May 20th, 2009 LONDON - French First Lady Carla Bruni left hubby Nicolas Sarkozy red faced when she groped his backside during a press conference. The former model and singer was being filmed in the Elysee Palace for a magazine when the President walked in, reports the Mirror.

May 8th, 2009 LONDON - French First Lady Carla Bruni and President Nicolas Sarkozy have emerged as the heroes in a new book that details the glamorous world inside the Elysée Palace. Un Petit Tour en Enfer (A Little Trip in Hell) is the autobiography of Franck Demules, 43, who has worked as Bruni's confidant, driver and fixer for ten years.

May 5th, 2009 LONDON - Thousands of Carla Bruni CDs will be given away for free in a French campaign funded by the country's taxpayers. The Ministry of Agriculture will send the album, along with wine and cheese vouchers, across the world to promote international food and drink sales.