Well      01.10.2020

Sarkozy Olsen. Olivier Sarkozy: wedding with Mary-Kate Olsen. Logical conclusion of the relationship

The day before, a private art event, The Take Home a Nude, dedicated to honoring the talented artist John Alexander, took place in New York. As part of the cultural event, a Sotheby’s auction was also held. Many world celebrities attended the social evening, but the appearance of designer Mary-Kate Olsen in the company of her husband, Olivier Sarkozy, attracted the most attention.

For a public appearance, which, it should be noted, happens rarely for the actress, Mary-Kate chose a rather strange outfit. The girl appeared in a dark long coat, decorated with white lace at the bottom, and light sneakers, which, due to the dark stripe at the top, at first glance could be mistaken for original slippers.

Celebrity in and make-up, again appearing in public with stale hair. Fans were incredibly disappointed with the image of their favorite star.

“The horror is terrible. He is in a suit and shoes, she is in an incomprehensible robe and white squalor on her feet. You have to not love yourself like that!”

“She looks like my grandmother”

“Nightmares... look terrible!”

“She’s like an old grandmother! All twisted! Horror"

“Lord, from a nice girl, who has she turned into?!”

“She looks like a grandma because she’s so thin.”

“Why not dress smartly? At least heels, since public people need to fit in!”

“What kind of grandma!? How can you bring yourself to this point?”

“She is at this rate what Versace will look like in the future”

“It feels like he’s ashamed to stand next to her.”

“What are these white slippers? Grandma in a robe!

“It would be better if they didn’t go out anywhere!”

“What happened to her?!”

“Oh, Olsen could watch TV at home in these outfits! Or did she just come out of her mind??

“The husband is getting younger, and the wife is turning into an old woman”

“How much Botox and hyaluronic acid were pumped into Sarkozy, but it wasn’t enough for Mary?”

“What's wrong with this woman? She looks like a Mongolian nomad. Very strange!"

“Somehow she looks like a hunchbacked old gnome”

Famous spouses keep their personal lives secret and rarely give interviews to the press. Fans are seriously alarmed by the terrible changes in the appearance of one of the Olsen sisters. Many people are interested in the question of why Mary-Kate has aged so much in just two years of marriage to a French businessman. However, the actress assures that she is happy with her husband, for whom she cooks dinner herself.

When news appeared in the press that Olivier Sarkozy was dating Mary-Kate, many fans of the actress were sure that this would not last long. A significant difference in age, opposite characters, morals - all these factors were not in favor of the lovers. But no matter what anyone says, the couple is still together. She also managed to register her relationship in 2015. We'll tell you how it happened in the article.

A man with character

Who is Olivier Sarkozy? The man's biography is quite interesting. Many consider him the brother of the former French president. But that's not true. They are only half brothers. Nicolas was born from his first marriage, which did not last long. Olivier is a child from the second union. According to sources, the brothers’ father was very loving, so he did not stay long with any woman.

At first, the children maintained relationships with each other and visited each other on vacation. But later life separated them for many years. Olivier's stepfather was a diplomat, and soon the family had to go abroad.

The brothers did not see each other for a very long time. Their meeting took place again after both had become established people. Olivier Sarkozy is quite successful in business. Has a multi-million dollar fortune.

In my personal life, everything was stable. For 13 years he was married to the famous writer Charlotte Bernard. From this union there are two beautiful children. Unfortunately, it was not possible to maintain a strong family and the couple decided to separate.

Sad love stories

As for Mary-Kate, her love stories didn't work out until recently. The young actress chose her boyfriends with all responsibility, but it never came to a wedding.

The relationship with the grandson of a Greek tycoon, one of the richest heirs in the world, ended especially brutally. The engagement had already taken place, Mary-Kate had a ring with a several-carat diamond on her finger, and active preparations for the wedding were underway. It would seem that no one can darken the happiness of the young couple. But the girl’s fatal mistake was that she decided to introduce her future husband to her best friend Paris Hilton. The young actress is known for her eccentric and bitchy character. She stole the Greek from Mary-Kate without hesitation. This event was a serious test for the girl.

Another unpleasant story was associated with actor Heath Ledger, who died of a drug overdose. The press immediately reported that the maid who discovered the body did not call the emergency services first, but Mary-Kate. Speculation began that it was the girl who supplied the guy with drugs. But all this remained at the level of rumors and speculation.

Unexpected meeting

In 2012, the tabloids of all well-known publications were full of reports that Olivier Sarkozy was dating actress Mary-Kate. The age difference did not become an obstacle to their relationship. The couple was repeatedly spotted at basketball games. The lovers, without hesitation, held hands, kissed, and looked at each other tenderly.

Experts immediately dubbed the novel another affair of the actress. But everything turned out to be completely different. In 2013, Olivier presented the girl with an apartment, which, according to experts, is worth $13.5 million. And a year later, a 4-carat diamond ring shone on the girl’s finger. After such a gift from Olivier Sarkozy, the wedding was only a matter of time. Many assumed that the celebration would take place in 2016 and would be magnificent and glamorous. But again these were just guesses.

Logical conclusion of the relationship

Last fall, the wedding of Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate took place. The celebration took place in a closed format. Only 50 guests (closest friends and relatives) were invited. The celebration took place in one of the private cottages in Manhattan. Before the ceremony, the couple asked everyone in attendance to hand over their phones and video devices. They didn't want the photos leaked to the press.

As eyewitnesses say, the wedding was unusual, youthful, and glamorous. The highlight was that instead of flowers, there were vases filled with cigarettes on the tables. Nothing is known about the outfit of the bride and groom. But we can assume that there was no pretentious white dress and a tailcoat.

Mary-Kate and Olivier Sarkozy are a beautiful couple who carefully hide their relationship from the press. Since the wedding, journalists have not been able to obtain a single photograph of the newlyweds from their celebration. And that's not the main thing. If young people are happy and do not want to show off their lives, that is their right. We can wish the spouses only happiness and a speedy addition to the family.

17 years difference, 1 year marriage

Fans of the famous twin Mary-Kate Olsen believe that banker Sarkozy, the half-brother of ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is completely unsuitable for her either in age or interests, and recall Olivier’s 13-year unsuccessful marriage with writer Charlotte Bernard, who gave him two children, but could not keep her close to her. However, despite the criticism, Mary-Kate does not intend to retreat from her long-awaited happiness.

She was unlucky in love for a long time: before meeting Sarkozy, her love file included actor Max Winkler and the grandson of the Greek tycoon Stavros Niarchos III, who practically ran away from the aisle to Paris Hilton. Olsen decided to keep her affair with Sarkozy a secret.

The union was declassified in 2012 when the couple appeared at a basketball game. Two years later, Sarkozy gave the girl a Cartier engagement ring with a four-carat diamond for $81,000.

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Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olsen, whose wedding became a real event in social news, have been moving towards each other for a long time. Both have serious romances behind them that ended sadly, but now they are truly happy. Their love story began in 2012. We will tell you about it.

Who is Sarkozy Olivier?

Many people know Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, but very little is known about his brother. Olivier Sarkozy, whose biography is no less interesting than his brother, on this moment is a successful businessman with a multi-billion dollar fortune.

Olivier and Nicolas Sarkozy are not siblings, as many believe, but half-brothers. Olivier was born from his second marriage in 1969 and had little contact with Nicolas. Olivier's mother's second husband was a diplomat and they had to move to another country. The brothers began to communicate closely again when they both had successful careers.

In the personal life of the businessman, everything was also great. He was married to a writer for thirteen years. After many years of marriage, the couple realized that they could no longer live together and decided to divorce. From Charlotte Bernard, Olivier Sarkozy has two wonderful children whom he loves immensely.

Almost immediately after the divorce, the businessman began to be often seen with one of the Olsen twins, Mary-Kate. Journalists immediately suggested that it was because of this actress that Olivier’s first marriage broke up. Whether this is true or not is still unknown.

A little about Mary-Kate

Unlike her husband, Mary-Kate has never been married and has no children. But behind her there are very serious relationships that could have continued, if not for one “but”.

Once upon a time, Mary-Kate dated a Greek man for a long time - one of the richest heirs in the world. His grandfather made a huge fortune and bequeathed everything to his grandson. The couple was happy and everyone knew that a wedding was planned. Preparations for the celebration were underway full swing, but then Olsen introduced the groom to her best friend, actress Paris Hilton. The friend did not disdain the fact that the guy was already engaged, and with the ease of a panther, she dragged the “victim” into her possessions. Mary-Kate was worried about the breakup for a long time until a new love appeared.

Heath Ledger, the actor who died in a hotel from an overdose, was Mary-Kate's boyfriend at that time. Initially, they even wanted to open a criminal case against the girl, since she was suspected of supplying her loved one with drugs, but this assumption was never confirmed.

Then the girl had no novels, at least none worth mentioning. She was absolutely free and ready for a new relationship.

This couple has no future

This is what everyone who learned about the romance between Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olsen said. The wedding of these people seemed impossible because they had a huge age difference. The lovers' relationship became the most discussed, many simply ridiculed them, pointing to the years of the businessman. Olivier Sarkozy was forty-four at that time, and Mary-Kate was only twenty-five. No one believed that the relationship would last long.

The couple was often seen at basketball games; they did not hide their love. They constantly held hands, kissed and looked at each other with tenderness.

Expensive gift

Doubts about the seriousness of the businessman’s relationship with the actress began to dissipate when newspapers reported that the couple began to live together. Olivier Sarkozy bought an old mansion, which, according to conservative estimates, was worth more than ten million dollars. He chose this particular house because his beloved loves everything old and with history.

The businessman simply stunned everyone with his next gift to his beloved: he invited the girl to become his wife and presented her with a ring with a huge diamond worth eighty thousand dollars!

Friends and relatives were happy for Mary-Kate. They said that meeting Olivier was the best event in the life of the actress and designer. The upcoming wedding was discussed in in social networks, making guesses about when and where the celebration will take place, on what scale it will be and how many hundreds of guests will be present. But here, too, the lovers surprised everyone.

Mary-Kate and Olivier Sarkozy: a wedding without "tinsel"

The newlyweds decided not to advertise where and when their wedding would take place. They secretly rented a private mansion in Manhattan for the celebration, inviting only their closest relatives. There were about fifty guests at the ceremony: relatives and friends. Before the start of the celebration, the couple warned everyone that they were not allowed to be photographed or filmed. The couple did not want the photos to somehow end up in the press for public discussion.

Some of those present shared their impressions of the party. They said that instead of flowers, the vases contained tobacco products, and the newlyweds did not wear white dresses or tuxedos. Everything happened in a youthful way. The guests danced, drank and ate a lot. It’s a pity that we can’t see this event in photographs, but this is the desire of the newlyweds.

Nicolas Sarkozy and Mary-Kate are a beautiful couple. The girl is very petite and next to her husband she seems completely defenseless. The main thing is that they were able to survive endless discussions about their relationship and remained together to build a happy family!

Mary-Kate Olsen/Carla Bruni. Photo: Rex Features/Fotodom.ru.

It would seem that a more inappropriate pair would be difficult to find. She is a frivolous Hollywood starlet, more than once or twice noticed in connections and actions that discredit her. He is a serious businessman, one of the managers of the Carlyle group and the half-brother of the former, but still the president of the largest European power. She, despite her proud title of designer, allows herself to go out with a dirty head and in baggy clothes that are not the first freshness. He is the epitome of respectability, always dressed exquisitely and elegantly. She's twenty-seven. He is seventeen years older. Even in height, they absolutely do not suit each other: she is about forty centimeters shorter than him, which is why many confuse her with her lover’s daughter. And yet they are together. Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy recently announced their engagement and are in full swing preparing for the wedding.
Recently, Olivier purchased a luxurious mansion in New York for more than six million dollars: it is there, apparently, that the newlyweds are going to live. In the meantime, while lists of guests for the upcoming celebration are being compiled, journalists are reminding the public about other lists. All the amorous connections of the future bride and groom are brought into the light of day. And also guesses are being made: what will Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate’s twin sister, with whom she was previously practically inseparable, do now...

Double punch
The story of twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Fuller in Soviet times would be in demand among political speakers - as clear example how child labor is exploited in the world of capitalism. At a very young age, they began acting as a couple in the TV series “Full House.” They were only nine months old then. The sisters played one role for two there, because in fact in America the child labor law is strictly observed, strictly regulating how many hours a day a child can work. That’s why, in order not to stop the process, the girls were changed during filming. For eight whole years - from 1987 to 1995 - they did not leave the screens, however, for a long time the audience did not even realize that there were two babies at once. Even in the credits they were listed as one character under the name Mary-Kate Ashley Olsen, and only in the last season the secret was revealed.
During the filming of the series, the sisters managed to shine in several other projects (it’s interesting that one of their first appearances on the big screen was a film called “Passport to Paris”). At six years old, Olsen was already listed as the youngest producer in the history of Hollywood cinema. At ten, we entered the millionaires' club.
So it is not surprising that by the end of school both were already quite wealthy (and accomplished) girls. Therefore, plans to go to New York University after college were quickly forgotten (Ashley, however, even studied there for a couple of months, after which she lost interest in education forever). Instead, the sisters began to have a blast, disappearing into restaurants and nightclubs. And, of course, each of them had affairs left and right. Moreover, Mary-Kate usually led in the number of suitors. Here are just the ones who lingered in her bed (and perhaps in her heart) for more than a couple of months.
So, from 2002 to 2004, Mary-Kate dated Max Winkler, the son of actor and producer Henry Winkler. Then she had a relationship with the director, screenwriter and producer David Katzenberg, and a little later with the founder and creative director of Genetic Denim Ali Fatureshi. In 2005, she announced her engagement to one of the world's richest heirs, Stavros Niarchos III, the grandson of a Greek tycoon. True, to her misfortune, she introduced her chosen one to her best friend, Paris Hilton, who immediately stole the money Greek from Mary-Kate.
Having become a little sad, Olsen switched to representatives of the creative workshop. For a whole year she dated Maxwell Snow, the younger brother of the famous American artist Dash Snow. Then six months with artist Nate Lowman.
In 2008, Mary-Kate's name hit the press in connection with the tragic death of actor Heath Ledger. As you know, the new Joker died due to an overdose of drugs. So, the masseuse who found his body first began to call not the rescue service at all, but for some reason one of the Olsen sisters. According to one version, it was Mary-Kate who supplied Ledger with illegal drugs. According to another, they were connected by an amorous relationship. The actress herself answered all questions that she and Heath were just good friends.
In any case, by the time she met Nicolas Sarkozy’s brother, this young millionaire had had plenty of fun.
But Olivier Sarkozy, despite being almost twenty years older, could not boast of such a track record. His biography only lists his marriage to children's writer Charlotte Bernard, with whom he has two children - son Julien and daughter Margot. And after the divorce - a long-term relationship with actress Stella Schnabel, the daughter of director Julian Schnabel (he is known, for example, for the film “Before Night Falls” with Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp).

Brotherly welcome
Although the press constantly emphasizes the close relationship of Olivier Sarkozy with the ex-president of France, in fact they are not siblings. Olivier and Nicolas have a common father, a native of Budapest, Pal Nagy-Bocsa Sarkesi, who, after emigrating to France, acquired the more sonorous name Paul Sarkozy. But Nicolas was born in the emigrant’s first marriage with law student Andre Mallat. And Olivier is in his second marriage - with Christine de Ganay.
Although their father’s second union did not last long (Olivier was eventually raised by his stepfather, American diplomat Frank Wisner), the brothers met constantly and often spent school holidays together. True, Olivier later moved abroad with his mother and stepfather, and their time together was forgotten for many years. And the brothers met, having already become adults and accomplished people. Both reached noticeable heights: one, Olivier, in business, the other, Nicolas, in politics. Moreover, each of them came to the top along their own path.
If Olivier Sarkozy and his stepfather, a diplomat, were never denied anything, then Nicolas, who lived in Paris with his mother and two brothers - Guillaume and Francois - eked out an almost beggarly existence. The mother was exhausted, trying to raise her three sons alone. Later, Nicolas admits that it was the fact that he spent his entire childhood and youth in poverty that greatly influenced his desire to achieve a lot in this life. After school, he went to university, then worked as a lawyer, specializing in real estate.
He married for the first time at the age of twenty-seven - to the Corsican Marie-Dominique Cuglioli, the daughter of a pharmacist. The couple had two sons, but Nicolas could not devote enough time to his children: all his energy was spent on his career. And also a love affair on the side: a year before the birth of his eldest son, he met Cecilia Martin, the wife of TV presenter and owner of a small provincial television channel, Jacques Martin. Moreover, Nicolas, who at that time already held the position of mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, presided over their wedding ceremony. He later admitted that he fell in love with Cecilia when he saw her in a wedding dress.
Surprisingly, Nicolas and Cecilia's romance, which lasted for many years, ended in marriage. But before that there was a very difficult divorce from his first wife, which took a lot of money and nerves from him.
He lived with Cecilia, with whom Nicolas had a son, Louis, for a little over ten years. The couple's problems began long before the official divorce. Back in 2005, when Sarkozy was the Minister of Internal Affairs of France, it suddenly became known about his wife’s relationship with the famous political PR specialist, the permanent organizer of the Davos Forum, Richard Attias. Then Nicolas, in response to the betrayal, started an affair with the political commentator of the Le Figaro newspaper, Ann Fulda.
Everyone was expecting an inevitable divorce, but suddenly Nicolas and Cecilia announced that they were back together and still loved each other. Perhaps the reconciliation took place solely for the sake of getting to the Elysee Palace: is it not right for the President of France to remain without the First Lady? In any case, Cecilia actively participated in presidential elections, helping her husband with advice and support. True, she spent only a short time in the role of the First Lady of France - from May to October 2007. And then she filed for divorce.
After breaking up with her second husband, Cecilia pretty soon married again - all to the same Richard Attias. And Nicolas surprised the whole world by choosing the beautiful model Carla Bruni as his wife. A Frenchwoman of Italian descent, she caused a mixed reaction among her fellow citizens. Because her life before meeting Nicolas was not even stormy, but at times simply shocking.

Female praying mantis
Unlike her current husband, Carla, like a true princess, was born in a real castle. Her father Alberto Bruni-Tedeschi purchased an 11th-century fortification located near Turin in 1952, and by 1968, when Carla was born, this house had already turned into a luxurious palace, decorated with Flemish and French tapestries, German porcelain, and Italian bronze.
True, already in adulthood, Carla Bruni (as well as the entire world community) learned that in fact Alberto Bruni-Tedeschi, who raised her with all the love and care, was in fact not her own father. There were rumors that Carla was born from the relationship of her mother, pianist Marisa Borini, with musician Maorizio Remmetta. It was this respected signor, after waiting for the death of Alberto Bruni-Tedeschi and the world fame of Carla herself, who gave a number of interviews on this topic. They say that at one time he did not recognize his daughter, because he was only nineteen, and Karla’s mother was over thirty. It is difficult to say whether Maorizio’s words are true, but the fact that Carla is not at all like, say, her sister Valeria is a fact.
Well, and Karla herself, having already become famous model, added scandal to her biography. When she was thirty-three, she gave birth to her first child, whom she named with the strange name Aurelien. So, the son appeared as a result of a love affair with student Rafael Enthoven, who at that time was a little over twenty. The piquancy of the situation also lay in the fact that at one time Karla was in a civil marriage with Raphael’s father, the famous critic, philosopher and publisher Jean-Paul Enthoven. And at the time of the birth of his son Aurelien, Raphael was married to Julienne Levy, daughter best friend my father. “In an instant, she took away my son, daughter-in-law and best friend,” her ex-lover, Rafael’s father, threw up his hands. His daughter-in-law, fleeing depression, took revenge on the homewrecker by depicting her in her fashionable novel “Nothing Special” in the image of “a female praying mantis with an iron terminator smile.” The book came out very scandalous, and the biting nickname stuck to the beautiful Karla for a long time. But she, however, was not particularly worried. On the contrary, with her iron terminator smile, she told reporters: “I am only true to myself. Monogamy is boring to me. I prefer polygamy or polyandry.”
That is why she did not hide her novels at all, and almost everyone knew that Carla Bruni different time had romantic relationships with Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Kevin Costner, Vincent Perez, Donald Trump. And then Nicolas Sarkozy appeared on her life path, who, according to rumors, fell in love at first sight.
Nicolas and Karla found themselves together at a private dinner for a narrow circle of people, where the latter was the girlfriend of the famous lawyer Arno Klarsfeld. But Arnault immediately resigned because Carla accepted the advances of the French President. And soon she was already settling into the presidential palace and was frank with the press: “I didn’t believe in marriage for love, and now I’m lost, but I’m glad about it!”
From the moment Carla married Nicolas, she seemed to have changed even in appearance. From a scandalous model, capable of hosting a film crew at home completely naked, she has turned into an exquisite lady with whom she is not ashamed to appear at any dinner party. In October 2011, the couple had a daughter, Julia. And only media publications sometimes remind us of Bruni’s turbulent youth.
In any case, it turns out that men from the Sarkozy family prefer those who are hotter. Well, if the polygamous Carla Bruni after her marriage turned into a symbol of integrity, then it is possible that the same metamorphosis will happen to Mary-Kate Olsen.
And while the couple is preparing for the wedding, in social circles they are already joking that Mary-Kate’s sister, Ashley Olsen, has clearly set her sights on yet another Sarkozy. After all, in bohemian circles everyone knows that Ashley never lags behind her sister. And Nikolai and Olivier Sarkozy have two more brothers in reserve. Who's next - Guillaume or Francois?