French First Lady: My tweet was a ‘mistake’

Published October 3, 2012 4:13pm ET



PARIS (AP) — France’s first lady says in an interview published Wednesday that she regrets posting on Twitter a comment that many French read as a not-so-veiled dig against the mother of President Francois Hollande’s four children.

Nearly four months after causing the stir now dubbed “Tweetgate” in France, Valerie Trierweiler told regional newspaper Ouest-France that her comment on Twitter was a “mistake” and she’s learned from it.

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