French president, Emmanuel Macron addresses his wife shoving him in the face on aircraft

French president, Emmanuel Macron addresses his wife shoving him in the face on aircraft

French President, Emmanuel Macron has played down an obvious spat with his spouse Brigitte, after a video emerged of the French first woman shoving her husband within the face after they arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, for an respectable visit.

The video confirmed Macron acting within the door of his aircraft rapidly after touching down inside the northern Vietnamese city past due on Sunday. A hand and arm, with the character now not completely visible however wearing pink ought to then be visible acting to shove the president’s face from his right-hand facet.

Macron appears surprised but quickly regains his composure and waves to the press outside.

Speaking to reporters in Hanoi on Monday, Macron addressed the clip directly, pushing back against the speculation it sparked.

“There’s a video showing me joking and teasing my wife and somehow that becomes a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe, with people even coming up with theories to explain it,” the president said.

Macron acknowledged the footage was genuine but criticized how it had been weaponized. “The videos are all real, and yes, sometimes people tamper with them, but people are attributing all kinds of nonsense to them.”