RUMOURS French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni are both having affairs are gaining momentum in France.
The Sun reported France's first couple were both committing adultery first emerged on networking site Twitter.
It was also reported by prestigious French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.
The first tweet alleged that Bruni was romantically involved with Benjamin Biolay, a musician and a winner at France's recent Victoires de la Musique awards.
It was then rumoUred that jilted President Sarkozy swiftly found solace in the arms of his 40-year-old ecology minister Chantal Jouanno, also a French karate champion.
French web magazine suchablog.com went onto report that Bruni was a close friend of Biolay for many years and was now unofficially living with him at his flat in Paris.
The gossip was given extra weight after being reported in a blog on Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche's official website.
The paper wrote, "It's the gossip of the moment that could become the story of the year.
"A romance is said to have started a few weeks ago between the First Lady of France and music award winner Benjamin Biolay.
"The rumour started on Twitter and is now on blogs and websites everywhere."
The paper went on to say that according to the suchablog site, it was now "much more than a rumour."
Le Journal added, "it says the presidential marriage is breathing its last breaths. Carla Bruni is in love with Benjamin Biolay and the President has found solace with Chantal Jouanno."
The same story was also reported by other established news sites including Yahoo News France, Le Post and Agoravoxtv, as well as TV news channel iTele.
It is the first time since Bruni and Sarkozy met at a Paris dinner party in November 2007 that there have been suggestions the marriage is in crisis.
For several months after their whirlwind romance and marriage three months later, regular reports predicted the marriage would only last as long as Sarkozy remained President.
Bruni's now notorious remark that she is "easily bored by monogamy" is also frequently quoted by the media.
But not until now did any otherwise creditable news source repeat internet rumoUrs that either of them was cheating.
How long before Gordon spices up his romantic life so he can get some publicity? Well, maybe not ....
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