she championed the 35 hour working week and had a lot of problems with jack charette -- with jacques chirac when he was president. she said he was a man who loved life and people. this is really something, what a man of the people he was. here it is on our website. people.lose to >> he famously loved those --. >> he would spend hours. >> he loved french food. >> he did love french food. animals, lots of photos of him with bulls and cows. he would spend hours tasting everything. people would love him. hehe would get rounds of applaue at the fair. thing that is coming up a lot. stylist he is. >> he was a ladies man. this is l magazine -- this is elle magazine. how did he become this pop icon? >> tall, broad shoulders, well dressed. >> it is not uncommon to see young people today with t-shirts .ithth photos of f jacques chirc become a legend in france, despite can like his politics or not. there was a time in the 1980's when he wanted to get elected in 1988 and there was a visit toto france of madonna. it was the first time she had been to france i think. was primeirac minister at the t