{The first lady of France, Valerie Trierweiler, has been hospitalized since Friday following allegations that President Francois Hollande has been having an affair with a French actress, a top member of Trierweiler’s staff said.}<\/p>\n
Patrice Biancone, head of Trierweiler’s Elysee office, told CNN, “She needed rest. We are hoping that she will leave the hospital at the beginning of this week.”<\/p>\n
He said that the first lady entered a hospital after allegations surfaced in the French tabloid Closer linking Hollande romantically to actress Julie Gayet.<\/p>\n
“We all know why she went in after the story came out,” said Biancone, clearly making the link between the revelations of the magazine and Trierweiler’s hospitalization.<\/p>\n
Trierweiler and Hollande are not married but live together, and she makes official state appearances. They met when she was a reporter for Paris Match magazine, a publication she still works for.<\/p>\n
Hollande, 59, left his longtime common-law wife, Segolene Royal — the mother of his four children — for Trierweiler, 48, before the 2012 presidential election.<\/p>\n
Closer reported Hollande had been slipping out of the back door of the Elysee Palace and hopping on a motor scooter driven by a bodyguard to Gayet’s apartment. The magazine also reported the bodyguard brought croissants to the apartment one morning.<\/p>\n
Hollande has not denied the affair but has threatened legal action.<\/p>\n
Le Parisien first reported Trierweiler has been hospitalized since Thursday. The paper said the full story will appear in Monday’s edition.<\/p>\n
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