Turns out that amazing auction of nudes at Christie's that we won't be attending next month was briefly an international incident. Pour quoi? Because French First Lady (and former Crush of the Week) Carla Bruni's got a nekkid portrait from a few years back in it -- and she found about the whole thing right around the same time she's on a goodwill tour in Christie's home country of England. Weirdly, Bruni didn't find the coincidence nearly as amusing as we did.
She had hoped her trip to Britain would establish her as a respectable consort for the president of France.
So Carla Bruni reacted with fury yesterday when British auctioneers chose the eve of the state visit to announce the sale of a full-frontal nude portrait of her.
The print, taken during her modelling days by photographer Michel Comte in 1993, will go under the hammer at Christie's in New York next month.
Experts say the renewed interest in her is likely to send its price up to £2,000.
OK, we sort of call bullshit because we've known about the auction for, like, weeks; it's just the hubbub that's new. Oh well. The trip's going great, so problem solved, right? The Brits and the French can just get back to being the best of friends and shit. Anyways... click through for the Full Bruni.
