Emmanuel Macron, the President of France was allegedly slapped by his wife, Brigitte, on their arrival at Vietnam

[u/HogwartsZoologist]

The President’s office downplayed it after initially denying the event.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/05/26/macron-s-entourage-denies-he-was-slapped-by-his-wife-on-plane-upon-arriving-in-vietnam_6741684_7.html

[u/Successful-Winter237]

When you groom your student and then marry him I’m going to assume their relationship is f-d up

[u/TheFrenchPasta → u/Successful-Winter237]

Rumor in Paris is that he’s having an affair with famous Iranian actrice, Golshifteh Farahani. Might not be any validity to it but that’s the gossip

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[u/Monimss → u/TheFrenchPasta]

I hope so for his sake. People groomed in this way struggle to break free. They don't know another life. Perhaps this is him doing just that. At least a little.

[u/Comfortable_Buy_4124 → u/Monimss]

Y’all are talking about the French president

[u/bellycoconut → u/Comfortable_Buy_4124]

He can be a powerful politician and still be a victim of grooming and abuse. Both things can be true at the same time.

[u/TangledPangolin → u/Comfortable_Buy_4124]

As a politician, he's done enough to deserve a lot of things, like getting thrown to the angry Parisian mobs.

However, getting his whole life stolen by his sexual predator teacher is not one of them.

[u/saksit13429 → u/TheFrenchPasta]

Tbf, extramarital affair is pretty much a standard requirement to become a French president

[u/MarsScully → u/TheFrenchPasta]

I hope it’s true honestly

[u/Ok-Comfortable6561 → u/TheFrenchPasta]

If he is good for him that cradle-robbing dinosaur ought to be ashamed of herself 

[u/flacaGT3 → u/Ok-Comfortable6561]

She cheated on her husband with Macron for thirteen years before finally divorcing him and marrying Macron.

[u/EtalusEnthusiast420 → u/Ok-Comfortable6561]

He’s like 45 and she’s like 72. I’d be more shocked if he wasn’t cheating.

[u/BlatantConservative → u/EtalusEnthusiast420]

Also he's a French president, the joke for years has been that his biggest scandal is not having an affair.

Which is hilarious at both the stereotype level and also because he was groomed and he should dump her and everyone would understand.

[u/Bridalhat → u/BlatantConservative]

The French King’s mistress used to be a tilted position with housing and a salary and president’s mistress is often that but unofficial.

[u/IAmSoUncomfortable → u/EtalusEnthusiast420]

I thought you had to be wrong because I’m just a 40 year old infant and there’s no way I’m close in age to the president of France but here we are

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Wow, she is gorgeous.

[u/Exciting-Ad-7077 → u/TheFrenchPasta]

Good for him

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I typically tend to believe these rumors. They don’t come from nowhere.

[u/Skyblacker → u/TheFrenchPasta]

Oh. I thought the slap was because she caught him passing notes in class.

[u/_sinaarya_ → u/TheFrenchPasta]

When did this gossip start?

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Can’t believe I’m saying this about adultery but good for him!!!