Model Carla Bruni: I Haven't Wed the French President — Yet!

Model Carla Bruni says she and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have yet to say "I Do!" The couple's whirlwind romance has created serious debate. Critics accuse Sarkozy of using her to distract from the country's political problems. They began dating following his divorce from his second wife, Cecilia Sarkozy, last October. He fanned flames even more after recently hinting that he and Bruni may have already wed. But in her first interview since shacking up with Sarkozy, she tells French left-wing newspaper Liberation , "[we] are "not yet married, even if we are planning to." After rumors of a wedding spread, Bruni says her friends sent her a "collective text message" expressing concern that she was moving too fast. She calls the focus on their relationship "a hurricane of madness." She also says she has no plans to accompany Sarkozy, the country's first unmarried president, on official visits — including one later this week to New Delhi. "I cannot take part in an official visit ... (link)