Valérie Trieweiller,
the French president’s domestic partner, has acquired a few soubriquets since
her recent arrival at the Élysée Palace: La Frondeuse (The Troublemaker), and The Rottweiler.
Officially, the forty-seven year old is the first ‘unmarried’ first lady.
The twice-divorced,
47 year old political journalist reportedly had an affair lasting several years
with Patrick Devedjian, 68, a married former economic recovery minister in
Nicolas Sarkozy's government.
When he
refused to leave his wife of 30 years, she hedged her bets by roping in Hollande
(a father of four married to Ségolène Royal, a senior Socialist politician in
her own right) to her cinq-à-sept list.
Valérie showed
off her multi-tasking skills straddling both the Right and the Left candidates
whilst dutifully reporting on politics.
But La Frondeuse drew blood when
photographed on a beach holiday with her president boyfriend. She felt the
paparazzi snaps made her look ‘fat’ and sued. A Paris judge ordered celebrity
weekly VSD to pay Valerie £1,500 versus her demand for £24,000, for breaching
her privacy and image rights.
But Miss
Trierweiler’s fangs are not as sharp as many portray: she declined to attack
her own employer, Paris Match, saying she felt "ill at ease" doing
so. After all, they published the photos inside not magazine and not on the
front cover…
But what
has the entire country mesmerized is the interaction between Valérie and the
president’s ex-wife, Royal.
The Rottweiler
recently engaged in a public swatting at Ségolène by way of Twitter. Her
actions caused much debate. Enviably cool, she quipped, "To speak of
jealousy in this business is idiotic. I see no conflation of public and private
lives here. It has got out of all proportion and things should be put back into
perspective."
Oh là là! Will Ségolène slam a ball in Valerie’s
court next? Stay tuned…
In the
meantime, enjoy watching Michelle Obama’s body language as she officially greets
the Rottweiler during the G8 conference.
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