Lust in Translation

By Virginia Wheeler

Past she thought was behind her ... Carla in a sexy 1992 pose

FRENCH first lady Carla Bruni faced huge embarrassment yesterday after an X-rated sex interview from her steamy past came to light.

The ex-supermodel, now wed to President Nicolas Sarkozy, had her cheeky chat with Channel 4 show Eurotrash in 1996.

But it has resurfaced in a new video portrait of her.

Explicit ... Carla's 1996 interview

Carla, now 42, quoted rude lines like "Do you like my titties?" in German, Italian and Spanish from an international "sex phrase book" she had in her handbag.

She explained: "We need this kind of book because we're travelling the world and meeting new people every day. We must know what to tell them in case we get in bed with them.

Couple ... Carla with hubby Sarkozy last year

"For example if you have a German person and you want to tell them 'You get me very hot', you say 'Sie erhalten mich sehr heiss'." If Carla used the phrase on French and Italians, it would be: "Tu me rends très chaud" or "Mi fai stare molto caldo".

She then began to translate a phrase far too raunchy for a family newspaper to repeat. It had interviewers Antoine de Caunes and Jean-Paul Gaultier gasping: "Oh no, please!"

Turin-born Carla, who was 28 at the time, was described as "Italy's most elegant export", with vital statistics of 34-23-35. A voiceover added: "She loves cats, fine art and architecture - and she just loves to shop."

The 27-minute video also discussed Carla's affairs with celebrities including rock stars Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton. And it recalled her famous 2007 quote: "Monogamy bores me.'

Since marrying Mr Sarkozy two years ago, she has swapped her sexy image for a suitably demure style.

French producer Thomas Cazals insists he made the video - called In The Tube With Carla - as a tribute.

But a friend said last night: "She's shocked and dismayed. She's under no illusions, it will undermine her credibility enormously."

An Elysee Palace source admitted: "The video certainly throws a disappointing shadow over the dignity of the position of first lady."

Carla was every inch the President's wife at an agriculture show in Paris with Mr Sarkozy yesterday. She wore a blue shirt and black trousers as she was pictured stroking goats.

[ via thesun.co.uk ]