(ANSA) Paris, September 3 - Socialist French President
François Hollande says that "he doesn't like the rich but in
reality he dislikes the poor," his former First Lady, Valérie
Trierweiler, claims in her kiss-and-tell memoir about her
relationship with the head of state quoted by Le Monde newspaper
Wednesday.
According to excerpts from the explosive book quoted by Le
Monde newspaper ahead of publication, Trierweiler recalled that
during a family lunch Hollande commented on her modest family
origins.
"That was a slap in the face," she was quoted as saying.
Hollande "presented himself as a man who dislikes the rich. In
reality the president does not like the poor," she said.
"He, a man of the left, refers to them in private as 'the
toothless' and is very proud of his sense of humour".
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