Italian former top model and singer Carla Bruni performs at the Victoires de la Musique 2004 awards ceremony at the Zenith, in Paris in this Feb. 28, 2004 file photo. [Agencies]
 
French newspapers reported Monday that President Nicolas Sarkozy is romancing supermodel-turned-pop singer Carla Bruni, just two months after his divorce¹.

Sarkozy, 52, and Bruni, 38, were photographed together at the Disneyland theme park near Paris on Saturday.

The respected news weekly L'Express posted a photo of the duo on its Internet site, and at least two other magazines said they would run the images.

The president's office would not comment on their status. But the daily Le Figaro ran a front-page image of Bruni on Monday with the headline: "Carla Bruni: The President's Girlfriend."

Christophe Barbier, the editor of L'Express, said he called Bruni before going public with the story.

"She confirmed the relationship," he said.

Sarkozy and Bruni visited Disneyland when the park was thronged² with visitors, L'Express reported. Several photographers reportedly were on hand and openly snapped³ photos of the pair, who seemed at ease⁴ with the attention.

Colombe Pringle, editor of Point de Vue magazine, said she believed Sarkozy and Bruni made themselves available to photographers deliberately⁵.

"Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni wanted people to know," she told. "Otherwise, I don't know why they would have gone to Euro Disney to look at the Mickey (Mouse) parade."

Sarkozy has two sons from his first marriage and one son from his 11-year marriage to Cecilia Sarkozy, which ended in divorce in October.

He is the first French president to divorce while in office.

Bruni was born in Italy and is the heiress to a tyre manufacturing⁶ fortune. She was a top fashion model before turning to pop music. She has been linked in the past to a number of famous men, including rocker Mick Jagger and mogul Donald Trump⁷.

 
据法国报纸本周一报道，离婚刚两个月的萨科奇总统恋上了超级名模兼流行歌手卡拉•布鲁妮。

上周六，52岁的萨科奇总统被拍到与38岁的布鲁尼在巴黎附近的迪斯尼公园游览。

广受尊重的法国《快报》周刊在其网站上发布了一张两人的照片，另外至少有两家杂志也准备刊登两人在迪斯尼公园游玩的照片。

法国总统办公室拒绝对此事发表评论。但《费加洛日报》在其本周一的头版上刊登了一张布鲁尼的照片，标题是“卡拉•布鲁尼：总统先生的新欢”。

《快报》编辑克里斯托弗•巴比尔说，这篇稿子见报之前，他给布鲁尼打了电话。

他说：“布鲁尼承认了她与萨科奇总统的关系。”

《快报》报道说，萨科奇总统与布鲁尼出现在迪斯尼公园时，公园里满是游客。

据悉，当时在场的几名摄影记者公开拍摄两人在一起的照片，而萨科奇总统和布鲁尼面对“狗仔队”则显得很从容。

《观点》杂志的编辑科洛姆比•普林格尔说，她觉得两人是有意让记者拍照。

她说：“萨科奇总统和布鲁尼想让人们知道他们的关系。否则，我实在想不通为什么他们会去欧洲迪尼斯乐园观看米老鼠大游行。”

今年10月，萨科奇总统与妻子塞西莉亚结束了11年的婚姻。萨科奇与第一任妻子育有两个儿子，与塞西莉亚育有一个儿子。

萨科奇是法国历史上首位在任期间离婚的总统。

布鲁尼出生于意大利，是一家知名轮胎制造厂的财产继承人。她曾是超级模特，之后转行成为流行歌手，曾与摇滚歌手米克•贾格尔、大亨唐纳德•特朗姆普等很多名人传过绯闻。

Vocabulary:

be thronged with:挤满了

on hand:在近处