In a hot mic moment now heard around the world, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was reportedly caught gossiping to President Barack Obama about Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu at last week’s G-20 summit in Cannes, proving that not even heads of state completely leave middle school. Except now they all have bombs.

Sarkozy evidently thought he was sharing a private moment with Obama when he turned to his American counterpart and said, “I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar.” Obama kept his response slightly more diplomatically vague, and the White House has since kept mum.

For some reason, members of the media who witnessed the exchange agreed not to publish the details — Vive le journalisme! — but a French photo agency, Arret Sur, broke from the pack late on Monday. Here’s more. –KA