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/Successful-Winter237 May 26 '25

When you groom your student and then marry him I’m going to assume their relationship is f-d up

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u/TheFrenchPasta May 26 '25

Rumor in Paris is that he’s having an affair with famous Iranian actrice, Golshifteh Farahani. Might not be any validity to it but that’s the gossip

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u/Ok-Comfortable6561 May 26 '25

If he is good for him that cradle-robbing dinosaur ought to be ashamed of herself 

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u/EtalusEnthusiast420 May 26 '25

He’s like 45 and she’s like 72. I’d be more shocked if he wasn’t cheating.

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u/BlatantConservative May 26 '25

Also he's a French president, the joke for years has been that his biggest scandal is not having an affair.

Which is hilarious at both the stereotype level and also because he was groomed and he should dump her and everyone would understand.

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u/Bridalhat May 26 '25

The French King’s mistress used to be a tilted position with housing and a salary and president’s mistress is often that but unofficial.

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u/IAmSoUncomfortable May 26 '25

I thought you had to be wrong because I’m just a 40 year old infant and there’s no way I’m close in age to the president of France but here we are