German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and his wife, Stephanie, are seen as the poster couple for a modern, enlightened form of conservatism. But Stephanie’s recent comments attacking Lady Gaga for corrupting children are testing the limits of conservative cool.

When Stephanie zu Guttenberg first met Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, she was still 18-year-old Stephanie von Bismarck-Schönhausen — in other words, blue blood, just like him.

The two reportedly met during the Love Parade in Berlin in the summer of 1995 — back when it was still a pretty wild spectacle. They both found themselves on the float of one of the city’s notorious techno clubs. As an orgy raged around them, according to the tabloid weekly Bild am Sonntag, Karl-Theodor chatted Stephanie up with the line: “Any chance a techno nut like you could be lured to a classical-music concert?”

Given the setting — streets packed with crazed techno fans — the question sounded rather aristocratic. It had almost a pop ethos to it, as if he were saying: Don’t worry ’bout what others think, baby, come to me, ’cause we ain’t like them.