Ooh lah lah!

We have long known that the rich are not like you and me.

Now we can add that the French are quite different too. As in, both the French president and his wife are having affairs!

Sacre bleu! And we thought we had something goin’ on when a president was dallying with an intern.

In France, that wouldn’t even budge the meter.

The latest gossip from that strange land across the pond is that the French president (who has a very unFrench name in Nicholas Sarkozy) and his wife, former mega-hot model Carla Bruni, are, uh, violating their marriage vows.

Well, that is, if they even bothered to take ’em.

Nick strayed from his first wife with a woman who later became his second wife. Even then, he took a walk on the wild side and divorced her after another affair. (Or two or three; hell, who’s counting?)

And his latest diversion is a female karate champ, which is doubly dangerous. Cheese her off, and you just might get a well-placed kick in a place that could hamper your future extracurricular activities.

As for wife Carla, no surprise there either. She once famously said, “Monogamy is boring.” And in her model days, she once posed for a photo without many clothes on. (Actually, none at all!)

And she has already had affairs with – check out this combo! – famous studs like Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Donald Trump. Can you believe The Donald is in that bunch!

I’d exclaim “sacre bleu!” but I already did and it’s the only French exclamation I know. (Actually, I don’t even know what it means, but I do know it’s a French exclamation.)

Whatever. What can you expect from a nation that gave its name to the French kiss?