“I want to make mention that this is our first meeting since the arrival of the newest Sarkozy, and so I want to congratulate Nicolas and Carla on the birth of Giulia,” Mr. Obama told reporters shortly after his arrival at the G-20, with Mr. Sarkozy at his side. “And I informed Nicolas on the way in that I am confident that Giulia inherited her mother’s looks rather than her father’s, which I think is an excellent thing.”
He added, “And so now we share one of the greatest challenges and blessings of life, and that is being fathers to our daughters.”
Mr. Sarkozy, who is said to be very conscious about his looks, did not appear greatly amused by the comment, and some observers who attended the meeting said Mr. Obama’s remark fell flat.
At least Barack didn't diss Carla; that would really upset me.“The U.S. President’s picnic on the ‘physical’ of his French counterpart is only the latest episode of reports [which are] rather cool at best, at worst frankly tense,” said L’Observateur newspaper, which called the two leaders “the best enemies.”
Another French publication said Mr. Obama had chosen to compliment Mr. Sarkozy “in a way unique to say the least, before the cameras around the world.”
The French celebrity website Staragora said Mr. Obama’s comment was “risky” and “not very cool, for the French president [was] humiliated in public.”
“Barack Obama has openly and publicly ridiculed the physical [appearance of] Nicolas Sarkozy,” Staragora said, adding that Mr. Obama’s comments were delivered “without pity.”
Featured in Maggie's list of Rule 5 posts for the week along with her own post on the 10 hottest blonds (how can anyone limit the field like that?).
That's hilarious! Leave it to Obama to offend the vain Frenchman. In America that is a joke considered the right thing to do. About Carla, she has a beautiful body but her face is not pretty. She looks like she has lived a hard life, except that she hasn't :-)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Maggie. but I don't quite agree. In some photos her face looks, well, just odd, not quite human, maybe a different plan or something. In others she's quite beautiful.
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