<div><p>Carla Bruni, the supermodel wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy, and US crooner Harry Connick Junior reunite Monday on French television for a duet of the Beatles' song "And I Love Her."</p><p>Connick told AFP that the pair will reprise the sultry bossa-nova cover they recently recorded in Paris as a bonus for the European version of the American singer's newly-released album.</p><p>"She was really impressive," Connick said of his last encounter with Bruni, with whom he was due to appear on a Monday evening show on Canal Plus pay television.</p><p>"I didn't know that much about her and I told my wife and she goes: 'Oh I know Carla', because they used to work together years ago and she says she's a great singer, songwriter," he said.</p><p>"She knows what she wants to do and immediately we liked each other so that made it nice. We talked about kids and stuff, she was great, I loved it."</p><p>He said he had only a fleeting encounter with Sarkozy, the twice-divorced president who married Bruni in 2008 after a whirlwind romance.</p><p>"I met him very briefly, he said hello and sort of left us to our work," Connick said.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=64080809&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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