Valerie Trierweiler could spend another week in hospital The 48-year old official First Lady has said she is prepared to forgive Mr Hollande, but wants him to provide "clarification" over his intentions - both for her and the French public. The 59-year old Socalist leader faces the toughest hour of his presidency on Tuesday when he will be grilled by the world's media at a traditional Elysée New Year's press conference on his economic reforms, and undoubtedly his "secret affair" with the 41-year old actress. Mr Hollande has threatened legal action for violation of his private life while failing to deny the report. Miss Trierweiler has made no formal comment since the allegations over Mr Hollande's infidelity. On Monday, Le Parisien reported that the Paris Match journalist and unmarried mother-of-three had no intention of immediately ending her relationship with Mr Hollande, despite the furore over his affair. "She seems prepared to forgive [him], she doesn't want to slam the door on a whim," a "close friend" told the French capital's daily. According to Frédéric Gerschel, a reporter who briefly spoke to Miss Trierweiler on Sunday, she only learned of the affair on Thursday night when Mr Hollande broke the news to her in person. In a few words, the president acknowledged the existence of [his affair]. "He denied nothing - neither his escapades on a scooter with a bodyguard in the middle of the night, nor the frequency of his secret rendezvous or the date the secret "love affair" started several months ago." His announcement struck Miss Trierweiler "like a TGV [fast train] smashing into the buffers," a friend is quoted as recounting.