French President Nicolas Sarkozy and ex-supermodel girlfriend Carla Bruni could be married, PEOPLE reports.

A website story from L'Est Republicain newspaper declared that the couple had wed in a private ceremony last Thursday. Citing "a source close to a witness who attended the ceremony," the paper declared it was a "small, intimate affair held at the Elysee."

Bruni's mother swears she doesn't know anything about a wedding.

"I've just come from seeing Carla and she didn't say a thing," her mom, Marisa Borini, told Reuters within hours of the story's release. Still, she admitted, "It's possible, everything is possible."