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Macron downplays spat with Brigitte caught on camera as ‘joking around’

 

Footage of the French president and his wife appearing to have an altercation in Vietnam went viral.

 

May 26, 2025 12:16 pm CET

By Clea Caulcutt

https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-brigitte-macron-brigitte-macron-caught-camera-squabbling-elysee/

 

French President Emmanuel Macron dismissed a video of an apparent row with his wife Brigitte as the two of them just “joking around.”

 

The footage filmed Sunday appears to show Brigitte Macron lightly slapping or pushing her husband in the face shortly before they disembark from a flight in Hanoi, Vietnam. The French leader at first seems surprised then turns toward the welcome delegation and waves. Before heading down the ramp, he appears to offer his arm to his wife, which she did not take.

 

Asked about the now-viral incident on Monday, Macron told reporters that it has been blown out of proportion.

 

“So you see a video that shows me squabbling, and joking around with my wife, and I’m surprised about it. [It] becomes a sort of disaster of planetary proposition, with everyone having their own theory about it,” he told journalists on the sidelines of his visit. 

 

“It’s all a bit rubbish,” he added. 

 

Several French news outlets reported that Macron’s office initially dismissed the video, which was filmed by The Associated Press, as fake news before backtracking. 

 

Social media accounts hostile to Macron seized on the footage, which likely prompted the Elysée’s reported initial denial. 

 

One of Macron’s aides, granted anonymity to discuss the incident, said that the images were enough “to set off the conspiracy theorists.” A second adviser blamed pro-Russian media for amplifying the video.

 

In recent weeks, the Elysée Palace has adopted a much more proactive approach to tackling fake news and disinformation on the internet.

 

Macron said that while the footage was real, the response online had echoes of recent  unfounded allegations leveled against the French president, including that he was doing cocaine with European leaders on a train to Kyiv or that he had a special handshake with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

 

“People use videos to spread a lot of nonsense,” he added.

 

The Macrons are on a five-day trip to Asia which takes them to Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore.


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