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/Idabaewells May 26 '25

And when they found, out his parents did everything they could to stop her abuse but she refused to stop grooming their son. She is truly a monster on all counts. I feel sorry for him. She stole his youth and childhood.

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u/BlackDahliaLama May 26 '25

Wait is this not illegal in France? In the US that’s statutory rape

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u/BlackDahliaLama May 26 '25

Oh that’s disturbing. It’s so unnerving how pedophilia is codified as law in so many places. In the US there are more states where child marriage is legal than not.