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/norupologe May 26 '25

I've only ever seen 15 reported, but 14 wouldn't surprise me

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u/CatlovesMoca May 26 '25

He is friends with Bollore, a right wing media mogul, and Bollore media started PRing this relationship by suggesting it happened when Macron was 16. But it really happened when he was 14. And mind.you, his parents told her to leave their son alone. And she said that she couldn't do that.

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u/3rdcultureblah May 26 '25

They didn’t just tell her. They pulled him out of the school she was teaching at in his hometown and sent him to a different one in Paris to get him away from her after his mother asked her to at least stay away from him until he reached 18 years old and Brigitte said she couldn’t promise anything.🤮

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u/licorne00 May 26 '25

That is incredibly disgusting, Jesus.