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Bruni Meets Up With Metallica

French first lady joins heavy metal kings and talks of 'kind' Sarko

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 17, 2008 8:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – France's first lady shared a bill with Metallica on a British music show last night, the BBC reports. Former model Carla Bruni tapped her foot and clapped as the headbangers played—then joined host Jools Holland for a bluesy ballad. Bruni discussed the challenges of living both as a pop star and as wife to "very kind" French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

"I don't really mix them up—I separate them," Bruni said. "I play my music and then I go with my husband when he needs me. It's just a very different world for him. But he's very kind and he listens to all my doubts."

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A man walks past a stand where French First Lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy's latest album is displayed in a Paris music store, Friday, July 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

This picture of a television screen taken on September 16, 2008 shows Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, (R) wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, talks with British television presenter Jools Holland, (Getty Images)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy wait for the Pope's arrival at Orly airport, south of Paris, Friday Sept.12, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

In this July 4, 2008 fiile photo, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as she waits for Ingrid Betancourt's arrival at Villacoublay air base, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, file)

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I have my husband's world. It's like I just try to be with him and be cool about it and not change everything I know and my way of living. It's not so hard. It's just like playing in a film." - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

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