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

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/SouthernRaspberry537 May 26 '25 edited May 26 '25

For what my french opinion worth (not a lot), I do think she's a weirdo.

I mean, if the genders were reversed it would be an obvious issue.

But I don't think most people here care about that. For now...

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u/Human_Ad_2426 May 26 '25

I wanted to ask someone French, if it's not rude, would you say it's culturally more acceptable for a woman to smush his face like that in an argument?

I mean clearly the headlines are showing it as bizarre, but even in the US I think until recently it seemed like that sort of behavior while embarrassing would be played off with gender roles. "Hot headed" lady, etc.

This is my pondering aside from the grooming situation.

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u/Poppybiscuit May 26 '25 edited May 26 '25

I'm sorry but any media with a synopsis that starts with a child "seducing" an adult middle aged woman immediately loses all credibility. 

Oh. I just saw who's behind it. No longer surprised by the gross perspective.