Macron Reacts to Brigitte’s Shove Amid Brief Dispute During Vietnam Visit
Emmanuel Macron has been filmed being shoved in the face by his wife Brigitte after the couple landed in Vietnam, reports telegraph.
The footage, shot by the Associated Press news agency in Hanoi on Sunday evening, showed the French president standing alone as the plane’s door opened.
Suddenly, the arms of his wife, who was off-camera, can be seen through the doorway emerging from the left, before she pushes him strongly in the face with both hands.
Macron appeared taken aback, but then swiftly regained his composure and turned to wave through the open door.
Moments later, the couple walked down the plane’s staircase for an official welcome by Vietnamese officials, though Mrs Macron, dressed in red, did not take her husband’s offered arm.
Footage of the incident, along with photographs of Mr Macron appearing to look stern and angry in the aftermath, quickly spread on social media sites.
The Elysée Palace initially denied the authenticity of the images, claiming they were AI-generated by accounts hostile to the centrist French head of state, before finally conceding they were genuine.
Vietnam is the first stop on an almost week-long tour of Southeast Asia by the French president. During the trip, it is expected he will pitch France as a “third way” between the US and China in the region. He will also visit Indonesia and Singapore._Agencies.
