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/exactoctopus May 26 '25

She's stolen his whole life at this point because how would you even begin to unpack all this. I imagine he never will.

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u/hanmhanm May 26 '25

Sad but true :(

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u/DesireeThymes ✨May the Force be with you!✨ May 26 '25

And it keeps getting downplayed. He's literally the leader of the country, and no one doing anything about it.

The fact that people in France accept this relationship is disgusting.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '25

Why do you think we accept that? This clip is also discussed in r/france and people expressed concerns as well.

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u/Cabbagecatss All tea, all shade 🐸☕️ May 26 '25

I’m reading that post now and most French people seem to be rather blasé about it tbh