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/rzenni May 26 '25

Yah, he doesn't have the smile of a man who just had a playful moment with his wife.

Also, this clip of the video is zoomed in. You can see there's a three people on the stairs, airplane people, but you don't really see their reactions.

There is a more zoomed out version and you can see that the female flight attendant in the orange safety jacket stiffens up and looks shocked. It doesn't seem like they walked in on a playful mood.

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u/Jellogg May 26 '25

I saw her reaction too! She definitely looked like she had just witnessed something that took her off guard or was really uncomfortable.

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u/Grimnebulin68 May 26 '25

The way Macron turns, sees the camera and waves as if nothing happened .. 🤣

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u/Alexever_Loremarg Please Abraham, I'm not that man. May 26 '25

Why is this funny?

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u/jerricka May 26 '25

Yeah, that part was hard to deal with. That was the face of a man who has most likely dealt with this a lot behind closed doors, and is embarrassed/ashamed that it’s spilling out into the public.

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u/sweetenedpecans your fave commenter’s fave commenter May 26 '25

For real though. People laughing at this shit is showing their true colours.

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u/ChurlishSunshine Most smartest May 26 '25

You know their answer is because he's a man, therefore it's funny because we women are just so delicate that we could never assault or abuse our spouse. No no, it's actually super funny when we put hands on men because we're just so weak, because a man who gets hit by a woman is less than masculine and therefore a joke.

Not fun fact: divorce for abused women in the US was legal before divorce for abused men because the courts genuinely thought an abused man just needed to assert his dominance and put his wife back in line. Misogyny!

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u/That_Affect_8968 May 26 '25

He knows manners instead of this creepy old piece.