French President Emmanuel Macron denied on Monday any "domestic dispute" with his wife, Brigitte, after a video appeared to show her shoving his face away as they arrived in Vietnam for a diplomatic visit.
They were "joking as we often do", he told reporters in Hanoi, adding that other videos had been misinterpreted as showing him sharing a bag of cocaine or confronting the Turkish president.
"None of these are true," he said, and "everyone needs to calm down".
His office on Monday also downplayed on incident in which his wife appeared to push his face away.
Footage shot by the Associated Press news agency in Hanoi on Sunday evening shows Macron's plane door opening to reveal him.
His wife Brigitte's arms emerge from the left of the open doorway, she places both hands on her husband's face and gives it a shove.
The president appears startled but quickly recovers and turns to wave through the open door.
She remains concealed by the aircraft body, making it impossible to see her facial expression or body language.
The couple proceed down the staircase for the official welcome by Vietnamese officials, though Brigitte Macron does not take her husband's offered arm.
Macron's office initially denied the authenticity of the images, before they were confirmed as genuine.
A close associate of the president later described the incident as a couple's harmless "squabble".
Another member of his entourage played down the significance of the incident.
"It was a moment when the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by joking around," the second source told reporters.
"It's a moment of togetherness. No more was needed to feed the mills of the conspiracy theorists," the source added, blaming pro-Russian accounts for negative comments about the incident.
AFP
His office on Monday also downplayed on incident in which his wife appeared to push his face away.
Footage shot by the Associated Press news agency in Hanoi on Sunday evening shows Macron's plane door opening to reveal him.
His wife Brigitte's arms emerge from the left of the open doorway, she places both hands on her husband's face and gives it a shove.
The president appears startled but quickly recovers and turns to wave through the open door.
She remains concealed by the aircraft body, making it impossible to see her facial expression or body language.
The couple proceed down the staircase for the official welcome by Vietnamese officials, though Brigitte Macron does not take her husband's offered arm.
Macron's office initially denied the authenticity of the images, before they were confirmed as genuine.
A close associate of the president later described the incident as a couple's harmless "squabble".
Another member of his entourage played down the significance of the incident.
"It was a moment when the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by joking around," the second source told reporters.
"It's a moment of togetherness. No more was needed to feed the mills of the conspiracy theorists," the source added, blaming pro-Russian accounts for negative comments about the incident.
AFP
After watching that video,and studying their body language, i dont think they are a happy couple and I feel pity for him and think that he needs help from her ...
Assuming if it was the husband that hit her, social media would have gone gaga and be shouting domestic violence up and down.
ReplyDeleteYou people should please stop this narrative. Everybody is cussing the woman out and calling her abuser.
DeleteEverything no be we vs them mentality.
Go most social media platforms they are filling sympathy for him saying he is a victim that needs help
When I noticed that it was not play was when he curved his elbow for a walk them but the woman rebuffed it
DeleteShe bi him teacher for school na, she probably still thinks them still dey dat time. Yeye people
DeleteAssuming it was the husband that hit her, she will claim domestic violence and abuse, and go cheat with her sidecock, when the video leaks, sdk female bv’s will say the root of the problem is domestic abuse reason why she cheated lol
DeleteChichi, don't mind them! They copy comments from other platforms and paste here, sounding so dumb, as if they are blind to the castigations made by women. "Assuming" ko, assuming ni!
DeleteHe had better leave if she's a problem. Na wa!
ReplyDeleteBrigitte is 25 years older than him. She was his high school teacher and started grooming him from when he was as little as 15.
ReplyDeleteI believe their relationship dynamics is more of Mother-Son not Wife -Husband.
She will always see him as her little student.
See like:
DeleteGrooming, Domestic violence, leave to live, deadbeat etc etc are gender specific words used only for men.
Like I have been saying for few days now, Fair to 'them' means when things are in their favour
*words like..
DeleteAuto correct do show me pepper for this blog lol..
And even typing long comments directly can be frustrating, cos you won't even be seeing what you're typing untill you want to proofread
Lol. Autocorrect is crazy bro.
DeleteIts funny how things would have been if the tables were to be turned around. Macron would have lost his job immediately. Feminists would have called for his arrest and prosecution. The guy would have been totally finished.
When u marry your grandma,expect her to dislike you anyhow and embarass you like the child you are. Saw the video and was like wow.
ReplyDeleteHope you'll repeat this if it was Ned slapping Regina right?
DeleteEven the happiest couples do have squabbles sometimes, but it doesn't really mean, they are not a happy couple right? If eventually he's not happy in that marriage, He will opt out of it, but not while he's still the president, He will definitely wait it out.
ReplyDeleteShould we call this one juju or village people 🤔 nna to me the woman is lucky and a win for 1 woman is a win for all women.
ReplyDeleteI watched that video,e no look like play abeg,the woman looks domineering.
ReplyDeleteI for comment but I dey try perfect my French first. Boujour, bornjune I dey come
ReplyDeleteLol
DeleteWhat happens when there are no cameras?
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough, I didn't read or see any videos until I read Supernova's comment. If tables were turned, the news would have circulated like air.
Domestic violence against men should never be swept under the rug. Same energy given to the female gender should be given to the males too.
She even has the features along an abuser.
There's someone that's yet to comment because she is looking for the courage to come and write here that the man pushed her to her limit because he was cheating on her.
Delete*features of an abuser*
DeleteThey always deny. They are in an abusive teacher-student relationship.
ReplyDeleteExactly....I love the twist @abusive teacher -student relationship....Abi she still looks at him like her student....Monsieur le Président, s'il vous plaît, s'il y a des violences domestiques, mettez-y fin maintenant....
DeleteMaybe she, s playing with him. They said she is a trans.
ReplyDeleteTheir body language from the video does not look like couple playing with each other
Delete@Goldenqueen; No, she wasn't playing with him.
DeleteIf you watch the video, from the president's reaction, you will know that wasn't a "play" at all.
Even her body language and reaction while they were walking down the stairs will show it wasn't a "play" too.
What that woman did was wrong honestly.
I wonder what happens behind close doors.
So she's "playing" with him because she is trans?
DeleteA lot must be going on behind the scene. This is just a tip of the Ice berg what Macron could be going through in her hands. To Me... That Man doessnt look happy in that marriage but let him contiue denying .
ReplyDeleteEhya I feel sorry for him.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read about it first, I thought it was a husband and wife playful moment until I watched the movie and also when she rejected his hand. I wonder what happens behind closed doors. My mind is telling me she'll be beating him like a small boy that he is to her.
Please Mr president if you're not safe in that marriage please speak out. I like you and won't want anything to happen to you.
Damage control in the mud😅,
ReplyDeleteThe 25 year age gap though..
The dynamics are different,still wondering what was the attraction?
Love,infatuation, pleasure,companionship or her alleged vast knowledge🤔🤔
I guess love doesn't need a reason,they'll be alright regardless...
Hiaaaaaaaaa
ReplyDeleteIf They Are No More Happy Together Abeg They Both Know What To Do ooo..
I Still Wish Them Peaceeeeee..
Hello iya Boys
Oga president please divorce that woman!!
ReplyDeleteShe's not even happy that young ,rich and handsome man is still married to her..
ReplyDeleteDo they have kids??
Powerful people like that their life is the more you look the less you see. That marriage is not a marriage of love
DeleteShe has kids from previous marriage.
DeleteHonestly, I’ve always found the relationship between them very weird apart from it being quite unconventional, especially given the significant age gap. It makes me curious about the dynamics of their partnership and whether it brings him the kind of emotional and personal fulfillment one might expect at his stage in life. It seems like he's unhappy but trapped. I hope he finds the courage soon enough to walk away from that wicked woman/sham of a marriage.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very weird arrangement. Go listen to Candace Owen documentary on them.
DeleteI think that is their love language.
ReplyDeleteCouples should never put hands on each other in anger. She messed up.
ReplyDeleteI really like Macron ,Charismatic and has never allowed Trump to bully him.
It's nothing na.
ReplyDeleteIt's a matter of mother reprimanding, and hitting her child(ward) in love)🙄🙄🙄
It's nothing na.
ReplyDeleteIt's a matter of mother reprimanding, and hitting her child(ward) in love)🙄🙄🙄
This is what you get when you marry an old woman. Imagine leaving all the beautiful young women to marry a 74year old woman as a 47 year old man? Madness!
ReplyDeleteAnd she has not one ounce of respect for him if she is going to do that publicly. She couldn’t even wait to get to the hotel room and go off in private, that old cryptkeepr of a wife showing him shege banza and who has the balls in the marriage.
DeleteThey got married before she got to her Seventies.
DeleteYou can tell that woman whips his ass regularly in private. Nobody told him to go marry his ancestor.
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