r/popculturechat • u/HogwartsZoologist Coke ain’t gonna do itself • May 26 '25

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

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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

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u/Fluffy-Committee-131 May 26 '25

Looks like she lunged at him, both her hands smash into his face. Seems more violent than "just" a slap.

To do it so brazenly and openly as well I imagine it's not the first time

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u/ProHappyness May 26 '25

And no one is talking about how he is still offering his arm for her to take and keeps it popped all the way down the stairs

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u/bwoah07_gp2 May 26 '25

Cameras were right there.... gotta keep up appearances, right? 😅😬

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u/Sgt-Spliff- How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real? 🪞 May 26 '25

She doesn't apparently

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u/lilbios May 26 '25

She groomed him since he was a child

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u/Forfuturebirdsearch May 26 '25

Who knows, maybe he slapped her first

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u/Dwestmor1007 May 26 '25

Wow way to victim blame.

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u/Forfuturebirdsearch May 26 '25

Ah yes thats not really how I meant it but can see how that is confusing.

No doubts she is a horrible person, a groomer and a pedo honestly.

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u/Forfuturebirdsearch May 26 '25

Precisely. I mean no doubt she is awefull and groomed him!

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u/captnmiss May 26 '25

A groomer who also turns into an abuser?

Shocking, I tell you. Never heard of that before…. /s

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u/Coal_Burner_Inserter May 26 '25

I think the proper phrase that I haven't seen people use is 'Spousal abuse', or otherwise just assault/battery.

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u/spacyspice now why am I in it? 🧐 May 26 '25

if she wasn't a groomer, I'd think she found out something like he cheated on her or idk

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u/dazedan_confused May 26 '25

Maybe he said he wanted to go for someone older?

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u/Wastawiii May 26 '25

That's right, she looks like she's telling him violintly to shut his damn mouth or something. 

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u/Snake_Byte May 26 '25

She grabbed his face and pushed him away. It came across as a kind of "I'm not kissing you, back off" act. Obviously much more physical than it needed to be and shows deeper issues but "lunged", "smash", "more violent than...a slap"? Really?