Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, walked out of an interview with American Broadcaster CBS when he was asked about his recent divorce from wife Cecilia.
Sarko, who announced his divorce on October 18th, has always refused to divulge titbits about his private life in public. When asked about the divorce by 60 Minutes journo, Leslie Stahl, he replied “If I had something to say about Cecilia I would certainly not say it here”.
Of his press secretary, he described him as “an imbecile” and “stupid” for scheduling the interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes show.
Sarko brought a swift end to the questioning when asked about his ex-wife, “You asked me that question,” Sarkozy seems to say as he pulls off the microphone, stands up and walks away from the interview.
“Bon courage,” Mr Sarkozy was heard saying off camera before leaving the set.
It seems to me that CBS continued to ask him the same question as they were not getting the answers they wanted to hear and that Tsar Nic’s press secretary may well have had briefed CBS not to mention the divorce.
Still, as of tomorrow morning there’ll be a new job opening on the boards of the job centre in Paris’ 8th district …
