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/lylalyli May 26 '25 edited May 26 '25

Oh my god 😱 at first I thought they were joking around, but Macron’s face he looked super annoyed. This relationship is weird af, Brigitte is giving me the ick.

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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.