Ooo la la, this is delicious.
Another video of French President Macron being slapped by his ‘wife’. pic.twitter.com/UDOoLbV2jF
— Queen Natalie (@TheNorfolkLion) May 26, 2025
A video showing Emmanuel Macron being pushed in the face by his wife has been played down by the French president’s office.
Brigitte Macron placed her hands on her husband’s face as they prepared to exit their plane after touching down in Vietnam at the start of a South East Asia tour.
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The Elysee initially denied the authenticity of images of the interaction before eventually verifying they were real, French media reported.
The clip has sparked suggestions of an argument between the pair but Mr Macron said afterwards it was a case of “simply joking with my wife as we often do”.
Speaking to French media after landing in Hanoi he rubbished claims of a “domestic incident”, instead telling broadcasters “it was nothing” and that people on social media were making “nonsense” out of the video.
Appearing frustrated, he claimed it is the third time in three weeks that he has had to clarify the true nature of video clips he has appeared in – after conspiracy theorists claimed it looked like he took cocaine with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and that he had a heated exchange with Turkish President Recep Erdogan.
Coming soon: antisemites claiming Macron’s wife is a Mossad plant.
Speaking of Erdogan, he was the subject of an even more epic viral video involving horseplay back in the day.
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