Posted on 05/17/2009 12:14:19 AM PDT by Cincinna
She is one of the most famous faces in the world, renowned for her Gallic charm, elegant style and classical beauty.
But it seems that the First Lady of France is never happier than when she is strolling through the streets of Paris – incognito, that is. In fact, Carla Bruni even admits donning a special disguise and affecting a ‘funny voice’ to avoid being spotted, much like Marie Antoinette was said to have done during the French Revolution. Ms Bruni, 41, said her life as the third wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy sometimes made ‘normal’ behaviour quite impossible, leading her to take these extraordinary measures. In a magazine interview to be published tomorrow she says: ‘When I go out shopping I disguise myself by putting on glasses and I change my voice.’ Those who have heard it say the ‘new’ voice of the model-turned-singer is ‘funny and quite different to anything you normally hear’.
Rather than being deep, husky and understated – as it is when Ms Bruni speaks at official engagements or croons during stage performances – it is ‘melodramatic and faintly ridiculous’, according to a source in the French capital.
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Carla Bruni says she is forced to wear disguises for security reasons
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I love seeing them together.
She might have been more effective if she had a sandwich
No one would belive it.
Off with her expensively coiffed head.
It’s not necessarily a bad idea. One of the problems with celebrities expressing their view of reality is that reality is distorted by their very presence. Now, it looks like she just does this to shop but it could be useful for a leader who wanted to see how things are among the people.
It’s the Daily Mail folks. How seriously can one take it?
Anyway, you often see celebrities walking round Paris. Most people just ignore them.
Well, if Superman could fool Lois Lane...
Who is that behind the Foster-Grants?
Not Guilty!
Very few people in Paris eat in the street. It is something that just isn’t done.
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