As France's first lady, singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says she is giving up concerts until her husband is out of office, a French newspaper reported Saturday.
Bruni-Sarkozy, who has a new album out next month, was quoted in the Liberation newspaper as saying she will continue to promote her music on television.
"But I can't go on stage because I can't allow myself to drag along a security setup that, in my opinion, would be shocking," she was quoted as saying. "I'll give concerts again once my husband is no longer president."
The 40-year-old model-turned-singer married President Nicolas Sarkozy in February.
In the newspaper report, Bruni-Sarkozy said she does not share all her husband's political opinions. Sarkozy is a conservative, but the first lady said that while she is not very politically engaged, her "gut reactions are on the left."
"It's not an ideology or a system. ... I have the impression that people who are completely on one side or the other are thinking with only one half of their brains," she was quoted as saying.
Bruni-Sarkozy's album has made waves before its release, in part because of a track that reportedly has the French-language lyrics, "You are my drug / More deadly than Afghan heroin / More dangerous than white Colombian."
Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo has described the song as "very painful for Colombia."
French first lady takes extended bow
As France's first lady, singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says she is giving up concerts until her husband is out of office, a French newspaper reported Saturday.