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Hollande, a hypocrite who dislikes poor: Valerie
French President Francois Hollande has been humiliated by his former lover and first lady, who has portrayed him as a hypocrite who dislikes the poor.
- Valerie Trierweiler was spurned by Francois Hollande after he had an affair
- She reveals that Hollande sent her 29 texts in one day trying to win her back – while still seeing his lover
French President Francois Hollande has been humiliated by his former lover and first lady, who has portrayed him as a hypocrite who dislikes the poor.
Valerie Trierweiler attacks Socialist Hollande in an intimate memoir. The 49-year-old journalist describes the collapse of their nine-year affair after a ossip magazine published pictures of Mr Hollande visiting his mistress on a moped.
And she reveals he sent her 29 texts in one day trying to win her back – while still seeing his lover, TV actress Julie Gayet. The book, Thank You For This Moment, has sent shockwaves through France, where politicians’ private lives are not publicly aired.
Miss Trierweiler received an advance of some £70,000 for the first kiss-and-tell account of a serving head of state. Extracts detailing the ‘cruelty’ of a ‘passionate, possessive and mad’ affair appeared in Paris Match magazine. But the most damaging claim is that Hollande is a snob who mocks the poor.
Miss Trierweiler, whose maiden name is Massonneau, recalls spending Christmas with her working-class family. She writes that Hollande quipped: “They’re not very nice, the Massonneau family”. She says her family ‘is so typical of his electors’, adding: ‘He stood for election as a man who does not like the rich. In reality, the President does not like the poor. He, the man of the Left, calls them the toothless ones. He’s very proud of his humour.’ Hollande sacked Miss Trierweiler as his first lady on January 25 in a short official statement. But she says he had already lied brazenly to her about Miss Gayet, 42. She claims to have confronted him when rumours spread in December 2013, saying: ‘“Swear to me on my son’s life that it’s false and we won’t talk about it any more”. He swears, and dismisses it as nonsense.’ When the truth emerged, she spent eight days in hospital for ‘stress’. Disturbingly, she writes: “Julie Gayet was top of the morning news. I’m cracking up, I can’t hear anything, I rush to the bathroom. I take the small plastic bag containing sleeping pills. Francois follows me. He tries to snatch the bag. After their split, Hollande attempted to remain in contact”, said Miss Trierweiler, on one day ‘sending me 29 text messages’.
“He told me he needs me”,’ she said. “He said he would win me back as if it was an election”. Miss Trierweiler – known as the Rottweiler – claims that on August 12, his 60th birthday, when many were speculating he might marry Miss Gayet, Mr Hollande texted his former lover: ‘It is up to you to say yes to me’
