How Do We Say This Delicately???
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Worst. Cover. Ever.
Embarrassingly bad!
Do most Americans even know who Carla Bruni is????
And, more importantly, do those that know her even care about her?????
Vanity Fair put the first lady of France on the cover of their new issue.
Oh, and she is NOT the new Jackie O.
Blasphemous!!!!!!!!!
Posted: July 28, 2008 at 11:30 am
Re: linny –
Oh really ???
I am french and live in the US, and believe me now I can compare… french people are not rude !
PEREZ I LIKE YOU BUT LEAVE HER ALONE! IF ONLY AMERICAN MODELS AND CELEBRITIES WOULD CULTIVATE THEIR BRAINS LIKE CARLA DOES… SHE IS GREAT AND VERY SMART, NOT JUST BEAUTIFUL. FOR THOSE IGNORANTS OUT THERE, SHE WAS BORN FILTHY RICH SHE DOES NOT NEED TO GO AFTER ANYONE'S MONEY. SHE IS VERY SWEET AND UNLIKE SOME OF YOU VERY WELL RED. I AGREE THOUGH THAT SHE IS NO JAKIE O… LOVE YOU CARLA
It's a BEAUTIFUL cover.
She used to be a model and now a singer. Americans should care who she is. She is causing an uproar in the France by having the Presidents baby out of wedlock. This is somewhat damaging Sarkozy's reputation as the president of France. Americans should take notice of other countries as well. I thought you would promote that. You are seriously an idiot
IS THE PRESIDENT OF FRENCE WIFE YOU STOOOOOOOOOOOOPED…
NO SEAS PENDEJO PERIZOTO !!!
I love her! Her music is beautiful! Why would anyone not like her??
Well it's a shame if americans do not know who she is. But americans are not very smart for international news, barely they know where Paris is…
And yeah Perezi, she's better than a lot of first lady around the world… But nobody could replace Jackie.
What are you talking about?!
Carla Bruni has had a pretty high profile for years, and since she became France's First Lady the coverage of her here in the UK has been pretty much wall-to-wall - this isn't the first time she's been called 'The New Jackie O', it's been done so many times it's practically a cliche already (also here in Britain she gets 'The New Diana').
So if Americans really don't know who she is, it's time they learned!
(and that's pretty ironic coming from you Perez, considering how much coverage you give to international personalities who are unknown in the US)…
Re: Thea – DO NOT ISULT OUR JACKIE O..
PLEASE…
YOU FUCKING FROG …
DEAR BRIAN,
I sense a hint of jealousy towards the American People. Perhaps you need to open your mind a bit. Funny, you never mentioned what country you come from. Remember the old saying: "if you can't beat em-join em".
Sincerely,
YOUR THERAPIST
Ive knew who Carli Bruni was way before she hooked up with the French Preisdent for her music talent - Its a bit offensive you would automatically assume none of us 'americans' know who she is.
Yes, Perez, - most Americans, at least the intelligent ones, do know who she is. Or, do you think everyone only reads YOUR site and gets their natiional and international political analysis from you?
You're so ignorant… a true american!
yeah - God forbid someone in America might want to know what is going on in the rest of the world. Ethnocentism is a disgusting trait and you should be ashamed Perez.
What bullshit she isnt even close to being like Jackie O. The gull
Agree, agree, agree, perez. She is NO Jackie-O!!!!!!!!!!!! Never, never place your dirty boots on the settee. Euro trash. Jackie-O was never, never was a paid model or singer. So gauche!
If Bebe Buell had married Sarkozy, SHE would be on the cover of Vanity Fair. Lol.
I know who she is.. And to call her the next Jackie O is down right insulting to her memory. I would like to see Anna W. canned for that one!!!
Plus, she is a divocee and wannabe. She was not born into high society.
She's a high class courtesan. And she can't sing worth a damn…just released a CD. She's a big fake.
How can you be proud of not knowing who she is? I would say that is VERY ignorant and embaressing. Only in the US of A..
AS IIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFFF! I shuddddder to think wtf VF was even thinking letting that headline actually into press?? To even SUGGEST the comparison of Looney Bruni to THE GREAT JACKIE O is like comparing an Amy Wino drawing to the Mona Lisa!! VANITY FAIR NEEDS TO MAKE A RETRACTION!!!! PRONTO
Re: Sara –
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THEY'RE MARRIED!
I know all I want to know about her. Home wrecker!!!!!! jackie-O would never give an interview to Barbara Walters. This one is trying for celebrity.
I love Carla Bruni!!!!
Yes, most of us over 40 know Carla..she is an aristocrat and grew up in Europe and has had a most successful career. Beautiful cover. She doesn't need to be the New JACKIE…Carla has class and charisma all her own. The cover is beautiful. SHe is a gracious lady.
The "new Jackie O" is that fat fugly racist pig Michelle Obama. Bitch has been trying to bite off Jackie O for the last year. What a fucking joke.
HAHAHAHHAHA,,, new jackie o?? oh hell no
Jackie O would never put her feet on the furniture. She had more class than that. This thing fucks anything and everything.
Re: Sara – Baby out of wedlock? She married Sarkozy in Feb. 2008, according to sources. What baby?
The cover is beautiful. I don't know anything about her, but I think she represents her husband well.
Re: MT –
It figures that Russert's bitch wrote this shit. She probably had most of her brain cells destroyed by getting 24/7 Dutch ovens outta Tim's huge fat fucking ass.
OH PEREZ, GET OVER YOURSELF!!!
Just because you came over to Europe once you're suddenly so incredibly sophisticated, knowing who Carla Bruni is, thinking all the other Americans are so dumb and can't hold a candle to your worldly intellect.
This post just shows the prejudice of most united-statians (sorry but the word "american" must include people from Canada to Chile) against non-united-statians. I'm not a fan of Carla Bruni, but have to say that Jackie O. means nothing outside of the USA.
Social climber. Jackie-O did not have to climb. She was already there. How dare VF do this to Jackie-O's memory?
everybody should know , JUST BECAUSE SHE IS THE FRENCH PRESIDENT'S WIFE!! and that does makes her important as any onter woman in her possition, from ANY COUNTRY!!..
It is stupid comments like that Perez that make people from other countries hate Americans. Not all Americans are living in a bubble and do read newspapers and watch the evening news. They do know who Carla Bruni is and will understand that the people of France have fallen in love with her.
She is the New Jackie O for the people of France you ass, not Americans!
Gee, I can hardly wait for your comments on the Olympics….Im sure to you (as well as stations like NBC) the American's are the only ones to compete and never mention those from other lands! Open your eyes my friend!
Re: @v@ – Give me a f*cking break you psuedo snob. VF has always had a very droll attraction to euro-trash. Remember that coked-up slime, Pricess Von Turn und Taxis (sp?), VF coundn't get enough of her whacked-out routine in the late 80's. Now she's a fat "has been" selling off her late husband's royal artifacts to pay her bills… Yes, we Americans have no idea what's going on…
The only thing wrong with that cover is that she has her shoe on the sofa.
She was a model who got herself knocked up by Mick Jagger while he was married. Some past. Deserving of royalty- riiiight.
JACKIE O WAS NOR AMAZING , JUST RICH AND USED PUBLICITY WELL.
Re: clara –
THEN GET OFF THIS SITE if you are too cool and prefer Eurotrash celebs.
She looks constipated. Two words, see above ^^^^
I don't get this article..She looks good, the pose is a little awkward, but its certianly not in the running for worst cover ever (pick up any issue of over-airbrushed Cosmo) and she is a good comparison to Jackie O
Whats the beef?
what kind of gay person are you Perez? Carla is the most stylish woman of the moment while Jackie O is utterly overrated (her sister Lee Radziwill is the real style icon).
SO SO WELL SAID!!!
The first lady of France should not be a working girl. Very low class. Can't they do better, especially when France is supposed to be known for good taste. Very bad comparison to Jackie-O or princess Diana. She cannot be compared at all to them in a favorable way. I hope VF puts out a retraction pronto.
Im in paris every summer cause my mom lives here and trust me even the french dont like her either!!!! LOL She has looked better tho!
You make Americans look bad every time you make an ignorant comment like that about someone who has been in the news more or less constantly for the past six months. You may not like her, but she has made a splash.
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Perez only a retarded American like you, who worships skanks like Paris Hilton would say such a stupid thing. Carla Bruni was a supermodel back in the 90's with Linda, Christy, and Naomi and she is a very talented musician. What's wrong with putting a non-american on the cover? At least she is smart and has something to say. Plus she is very relevant in media in Europe so why can't America know about her too? You shit on Jessica Alba for denying her Latin roots yet, with posts like this you perpetuate the Pro-american xenophobic nature that the country suffers from.
Pick a side already. It amazes me how you change your opinion on a topic constantly and when it suits the negativity you want to rag on someone. You are always promoting foreign music talents etc, so why all the hate now? You are not even credible any more because you are not even consistent with your praise or criticism. It must be sad to be you.
perez, don't be such a schmuck. of course americans know who she is. a lot of us actually are informed; your site is a source of mindless entertainment, not news, my dear. you're getting more annoying as the weeks wear on.
She is not the new Jackie O, she is a coke whore and a terrible mother.
To the person who is referring to HSH Princess Maria Gloria von Thurn u. Taxis. I need to correct something, she was by no means trashy or anything, she was born HSH COuntess of Schonborn-Glauchau, beloning to meditised royalty! Neither is she fat! She did turn very cathjolic and lesbian recently though, with a princess Borghese I believe (and to keep it in style).
Carla Bruni is a respectable woman. She has class and she is a natural beauty, she totally deserves to be on the cover of Vogue. Stop being so ignorant and learn about other country's pop culture as well. The U.S. is not the only country in the world.
Perez you suck. Carla is great.
Perez, don't insult American global knowledge. Of course we know who Carla Bruni is - and I think the cover is relevant, interesting, and quite lovely. Bruni certainly is not the USA's new Jackie O, but she could possibly be seen as such in Europe. She also mimicked Jackie's style during her visit to England a month ago. I'm sure that wasn't an accident.
I'd say you are seriously overreacting.
Ok, so first off… Carla Bruni is a former model turned singer who has a notorious history with a number of rock n rollers. She also dumped a former boyfriend for his son (yes…. you read it right) and they had a child. She is said to be the reason Jerry Hall finally dumped Mick Jagger and I think she is just right for the President of France because he is also known as being an adulterous shit. Jackie O was a style icon, but lets face it… JFK was hardly the most monogamous husband in the world. After his death Jackie O married Onassis who was in fact seing Maria Callas at the time. Maria never got over Onassis. I know the Kennedy's are "holy" in the states, but rest assured that they are not in the rest of the world. Why would anyone bother having a discussion about who is most important ?? Makes no sense to me. Different time, different place… different continent… and two different women. The only things they have in common is that they married presidents and both fart in the bathtub… just like most other people.
I know who she is just because W magazine talks about her enough too…not that I particularly care who she is. I would prefer reading about someone in America who could be the next Jackie O, since Jackie O was in fact, American…Vouge said that could be Michele Obama.
Come on Perez! Why are you proving to the world with this post that the stereotype of ethnocentrists American is true? Well many persons know who she is! Most of the media talk about her at least once a week! And YOU did too, and several times! Do you prefer American bitches such as Miley , Britney … ?
Maybe they represent America in a better way… You should stop being focused on your country, and ignoring what happens in the world! European always laugh when they see each day how many false informations are broadcasted on TV ( imagine a map where L.A. and New York are mixed, it's frequent to see CNN & many other doing errors like that, and sometimes even bigger…) And Even if she isn't the next Jackie ( it's just the opinion of the journalist, and he probably compared her to Jackie as witting her name makes sales increase…), you can't say such horrible things about her for no reason, or maybe cause she's european, and now French too … I hate N. Sarkozy but no one can say she doesn't fit perfectly to the first lady image. She's pretty, she shuts her mouth, and she 's involved in charity. What else do we need ? She does a great job so far. And no I'm not french by the way…
She's probably a gold-digging slut just like Jackie O was. You can't tell me Jackie O didn't marry that nasty old man for his money! Why does this country hold the Kennedys and their creepy relatives in such high regard? They were and are a pack of drunks, womanizers, golddiggers and rapists.
She IS a Jackie O. for our times. It's not Bruni's fault that times have changed. Her people love her.
SIT DOWN, PEREZ HILTON!!!! Really??? Quit insulting your fellow Americans by lumping them with your own ignorance! It is not a statement, but a QUESTION if CB is the new Jackie O? Funny how a man who was not even born when J was the president's wife should take such offense to a magazine's cover!!! Curious - what incredible gift was bestowed upon you by J that you feel he honour needs to be defended? At the same time, what injustice was thrown your way by CB that you need to even put in your two cents?
Please, PH, I beg of you…stick to subject matters that you best understand…Paris Hiltons, Miley Cyrus, the Beckhams, etc. You are way out of your league here.
And by the way, have you ever read Vanity Fair? Sometimes it's the cover that gets you to read the real meat of the magazine.
"Do most Americans even know who Carla Bruni is????"
Well, if they don't, THAT's "Embarrassingly bad!"!
everybody should know , JUST BECAUSE SHE IS THE FRENCH PRESIDENT'S WIFE!! and that does makes her important as any onter woman in her positTion, from ANY COUNTRY!!..
And Bruni's quote on the cover is so common. She needs to go work as a clerk at Wal-Mart with those type of comments. I used to look to Europe for some style, but they have lost it big time. USA is way ahead of Europe in style now.
Perez, you are a fat and disgusting American pig and representative of the culturally-lacking landscape of your country as a whole.
Hahahaha yeah how can you compare her to Jackie O.
SHE IS MUCH BETTER. Jackie O was a slutty American hungry for money herself going after rich Greeks!!!!
yes she is the reason that Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall broke up. She had an affair with him and had his child. I cannot believe that you don't know this. Mr. Gossip.
Re: dick –
Oh god dick get off your high horse. I like Jackie Kennedy but do not for a minute propose that she is some kind of saint whose memory should remain untainted. Jackie and her sister Lee WERE social climbers. Read any of the dozens of biographies on her–it was very clear, her and Lee wanted to marry well and money was the main priority. I'm not making it up. It's fact. That's the world they came from. And Carla is an heiress herself, who has more money than Sarkozy. So don't purport to know about something, when clearly you do not
So how come nobody ever mentions that she was screwing Mick Jagger while he was married and the her pregnancy from that was the reason Jerry Hall finally left? Jackie O? I think not. Jackie HO…maybe
Cover not so bad, really, and she does have great style, she use to be a super model ya know.
she comes from a very wealthy Italian family and I have no problem with her being compared to Jackie O, the woman has more style than our first lady for gods sake.
The cover is actually fantastic. The styling is wonderful and the backdrop is beautiful. A lot of people know who Carla Bruni is… i mean she is married to the president of France for Christ sake… if you don't know who she is then you are obviously VERY uneducated. It's not a matter or french stardom and singers/models, it's politics now.
But you are very, very right on the fact that she is NO WHERE near jackie o. They have to be kidding me with that!
She's gorgeous, but no match for Jackie O. Not sure why she chose to marry Sarkozy though…he's a short gremlin type.
Everyone except you ignorant fellas americans, know who Carla Bruni is
Anyone who doesn't have their nationalistic head inserted firmly in their ass knows who Carla Bruni is, who she was and her importance to the people of france. It's an important story for the French and for the world. She's a new, fresh modern face of the often dismissed and ridiculed French government. I think it's wonderful for France, for their culture and for the rest of us to have an opportunity to get to know her.
And btw- Vanity Fair isn't a fashion magazine…
I sincerely worry about the state America is in if they take such little interest in oversea matters that they would be completely unaware of the French first lady. Perez, you should know better for encouraging such blatent ignorance. Aside from that she looks beautiful on the cover anyway so I don't know what your problem is
Re: Arshy – and you think that's cool?
sorry but shes awesome, shes loved everywhere in the world. she has classed, shes smart and shes pretty! shes not jacky O though i admit.
LOVE HER - this is so great
maybe not the next jacki O, but definitely an icon. Quelqu'on ma dit 
Ew thats a disgrace to Jackie. This chick is a WHORE, and a gold digger. You can dress it up in fancy clothes but it's still a slut. Please, the comparison is laughable.
I don't really know who she is. At first I thought that was a photo of a really thin Jane Seymour. Once I saw the name on the cover I thought maybe she was just some Brit model I'd never heard of. I don't know of many stars outside American ones really.
There IS no new Jackie-0… Certainly not that Carla woman.
Did you know she is a total homewrecker…?? She effed her mans son and broke up his marriage a while back…
Amazing cover. Americans don't know who she is because they just aren't interested in other countries, other cultures… it's a selfish country that will gradually destroy itself because of that.
I don't think its bad. I actually think its very classy!
what it's blasphemous because she's not an american? carla has all the elegance and intelligence of jackie o. AND has amazing style that inspires many women so i think it's a pretty fair comparison. if americans dont know about her, they should.
She's been around forever! Of course we know who she is!
Wow.. Even PEREZ thinks we're stupid.
what a stupid thing to say, Perez. Maybe if Americans would READ a little more about what goes on outside of the US, say, a bit more than Jordan, or the Bulgarian drag queen you constantly are salivating over, then "they" (ie you) would be much more informed and much less insipid.
This is America. We don't give a shit about European aristocrats. Duh! Isn't that why we fought a war back in the 18th century? Didn't France do something similiar?
Rich or not. Blue blood or not. Model. Musician. Whatever. She's just another rock star groupie whore who finally fucked her way a respectable marriage. If you consider that maniac Sarkozy a step up, which is very highly debatable.
This is America. We don't give a shit about European aristocrats. Duh! Isn't that why we fought a war back in the 18th century? Didn't France do something similiar?
Rich or not. Blue blood or not. Model. Musician. Whatever. She's just another rock star groupie whore who finally fucked her way a respectable marriage. If you consider that maniac Sarkozy a step up, which is very highly debatable.
Vanity Fair readers are well aware of who Carla Bruni is!!
Are you shitting me? The new Jackie O? Yeah…no.
And this chick's head looks Photoshopped onto that body. Terrible picture.
i love carla bruni's french music, but her english music is something i could live without. i don't particularly care for her that much but i would rather read her article in vanity fair than a lot of other people's who've been on the cover in the past.
Yes, people in the US know who she is and have for a long time. She is a former model turned singer turned First Lady of The French Republic. She just released another CD.
To all of the posters who call all or most Americans (or whatever you choose to call us) ignorant of international affairs just shows your own ignorance. Many Americans are well-educated, well-travelled, and actually speak more than one language. I have been to Europe many times and now prefer to vacation elsewhere to broaden my horizons. The whole world does not revolve around the US or Europe—-by the way many Europeans see their continent as the most relevant in the world also. Both sides could stand to get a tighter grip on reality.
Oh course we know who Carla Bruni is. And so what if she's on the cover of Vanity Fair? She's the first lady of France - among other things - she holds a pretty important place in the world - so, why not on the cover?
Perez, did you want another cover picture of Britney Spears? Or maybe Angelina Jolie? Please. I could live the rest of my entire life and never see another picture of the same old, same old, same old.
Honestly, it's nice to see the focus on someone else.
Jackie O was stylish and graceful. This one looks like she can't go horseback riding because its her time of the month and her cramps are too severe.
of course us 'smart' americans know who she is…her sultry voice is hard to deny
VF is a great mag and yeah, Perez, intelligent people know who she is. She used to sleep with rock stars and now married to France's prez, right?
No, top model and million record sales singer Bruni is not the new Jackie O because:
1. Carla is hot and sexy, Jackie was NOT!
2. Carla earns her own money with her own work (a lot!) Jackie always depended on her rich husband. Which means: Carla has not married Sarko for money as she has a lot more money than him!.
Well, I wish you could say the same about Jackie but she didin't have a brain for business or working or art….she just has a talent to marry rich men, to wear expensive dresses and smile stupidly
3. Carla went to bed with the men she liked…Jackie went to bed with an old fart called Onassis because she needed to, not because she wanted to
4. Carla has talent, Jackie just knew to dress and smile
So, of course she is not the new Jackie O she is more than a decorative and nice complement to make her husband win some votes with a stupid smile…
Anyway it is comprehensible for you to perfer a nice stupid decorative woman than an inteligent one (uuuuh that is soooo scary!) as
you are a misoginic gay
and you live in the USA
(hey that is a nice rhyme!)