LONDON (AFP) — Carla Bruni-Sarkozy made her debut on British television Tuesday, performing a live song from her new album and revealing she often wakes up her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with her playing.
The supermodel-turned-singer, who married Sarkozy in February, appeared on the BBC's 'Later with Jools Holland' alongside Metallica, singing "Tu es ma came", a love song that has provoked controversy because of its references to cocaine.
Asked about the French leader's view of her music, she was diplomatic.
"He's not really a critic or a fan but he's involved in my music because I play all night long, and I disturb him with it in the middle of the night," she said in English.
Bruni-Sarkozy suggested she had few problems juggling her music and her role as France's first lady, saying: "I don't really mix them up. I play my music and I go with my husband when he needs me."
She told the small studio audience that "Tu es ma came", a song from her third album "Comme si de rien n'etait" (Simply), was "about a love addition... being addicted to someone in a toxic way".
Questioned whether she had ever been in that situation, the singer -- who has had a string of high-profile romances -- replied: "Yes indeed."