France asks if Hollande is still with lover Gayet
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IT’S the million dollar question. More than a year after revelations that French President Francois Hollande had cheated on his partner with actress Julie Gayet, are the two lovebirds still together?
News of the French leader’s affair with Gayet, divulged by Closer magazine in January last year, prompted the 60-year-old to split with his long-term partner Valerie Trierweiler and rumors have swirled ever since that the president and actress are still an item.
Yesterday, the glossy weekly published photos of 42-year-old Gayet on a visit to the western city of Rennes in a “state-owned car,” accompanied by one of the French leader’s bodyguards.
“Julie Gayet may not ever have officially appeared on the arm of the president, but it seems she benefits from other privileges linked to her personal relationship with the head of state,” the magazine wrote.
“As evidenced by her security worthy of a first lady.”
Already in November, celebrity-focused magazine Voici had published pictures of the two looking cozy together inside the Elysee presidential residence, prompting five staff members to be reassigned over what constituted a damaging security breach.
Asked about fresh revelations yesterday that Gayet was benefiting from official security, Hollande’s entourage refused to comment.
But the main opposition UMP party latched onto claims made by the magazine.
“Either Ms Gayet is the president’s official partner ... and the state should ensure her protection,” Sebastien Huyghe, UMP spokesman, told BFMTV.
“But if that’s not the case, there’s no reason that public funds should be used to protect Mrs Gayet.”
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