Trading in haute couture for demure clothing, the celebrity once seen on the arm of the likes of Mick Jagger and Donald Trump wants the world to believe she’s also a reality TV-watching, ordinary housewife. In a multi-page spread in French television listings publication TV magazine this month, Bruni is photographed wearing a comfortable gray sweater, leggings and little makeup. Straddling an old-school TV set (no HD flatscreen for this political power couple), the First Lady admits her love of night-time soap Plus Belle La Vie (A Life More Beautiful) and describes farm-based reality show Amour est dans le Pre as “fabulous.”
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