France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has defended posing naked and claimed that boasts about her 30 lovers were poetic licence - in fact she has only had around 15. In her most defensive interview to date, the 40-year-old former model tried desperately to pour cold water on her image as an international sex symbol.Before her marriage to 53-year-old President Nicolas Sarkozy in February, Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy dated a long list of high-profile celebrities including British rock stars Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton.Laurent Fabius, France's Socialist former prime minister, was also among her conquests and she once boasted that she preferred "polyandry and polygamy" - many sexual partners - to a husband or boyfriend.
In her most defensive interview to date, the 40-year-old former model tried desperately to pour cold water on her image as an international sex symbol.
Before her marriage to 53-year-old President Nicolas Sarkozy in February, Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy dated a long list of high-profile celebrities including British rock stars Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton.
Laurent Fabius, France's Socialist former prime minister, was also among her conquests and she once boasted that she preferred "polyandry and polygamy" - many sexual partners - to a husband or boyfriend.
she once boasted that she preferred "polyandry and polygamy" - many sexual partners - to a husband or boyfriend.
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