Carla Bruni and Jools Holland Certainly Didn't End up Doing It

Carla Bruni performed on Later with Jools Holland Tuesday evening to promote her latest album, Comme si de rien n’etait in the UK. On the set that consists of individual stages for each performer, hers was positioned beside Metallica, which I guess was supposed to be ironic or something. When Holland sat down beside the French First Lady and former supermodel to ask her a few questions, she was her usual ultra-cool self, while he was speaking as if his tongue was falling down a flight of stairs. His inability to match her in the poise department made for a totally awkward exchange, where each began to speak over the other, followed by a pause, then the polite 'you go' smile and nod. She handled it brilliantly and went on to perform two songs beautifully, in her breathy, hypnotic style. I'm guessing poor Jools went backstage to sob quietly.

Apparently since the show, her lagging sales have had a healthy boost as Brits have rushed to pick up the CD. The terrible discomfort was all worth it, then.