Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte Macron appears to shove his face upon arrival in Hanoi

[Polybius]

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Source: CBS News

Hanoi, Vietnam — French President Emmanuel Macron's office on Monday downplayed an incident in which his wife appeared to push his face away as he arrived in Vietnam to begin a Southeast Asian tour.

Video shot by The Associated Press in Hanoi on Sunday evening shows Macron's plane door opening, revealing him. His wife Brigitte's arms then emerge from the left of the open doorway, she places both hands on her husband's face and gives it a shove.

The president appears startled but quickly recovers and turns to wave through the open door. She remains concealed by the aircraft body, making it impossible to see her facial expression or body language.

They proceed down the staircase for the official welcome by Vietnamese officials, though Brigitte Macron does not take her husband's offered arm.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brigitte-macron-emmanuel-macron-wife-france-president-hanoi/

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[truthisfreedom]

1. Hard to tell if it's playful or angry

I’ve had girlfriends who would make a gesture towards my face without actually touching me. That might have been her telling him to pay attention to the crowd. Maybe she was drunk? Maybe they both were?

[Polybius]

4. Definitely not playful

The expression on his face wasn't a smile, and he went back (off-camera) to say something to her. The smile didn't appear until he walked down the stairs.

[truthisfreedom]

9. He smiled and waved within a couple seconds

well before he walked forward.

[Polybius]

10. Because he was on camera

Look at his face at 16 seconds, right after it happened. A combination of stunned and furious.

[truthisfreedom]

12. I could have snapped a frame of him smiling

And claimed that was his one emotion. He may have looked furious just for the camera. I have been on DU for over 20 years and I’m not blind. My statement stands.

[marybourg]

2. Ummm. Yeah, my mother always told me not to marry a man

20 years younger than me.

[NJCher]

3. this has already been posted

eom

[Polybius]

5. Not in LBN it hasn't

[LudwigPastorius]

6. I wonder about the dynamic of their relationship.

If she weren't French, she might have been prosecuted for having sex with her, then, 16 year old student.

I'm not necessarily suggesting that she is abusing him now, but things between them started out that way.

[Polybius]

8. Yeah, It would depend on location

Depending on the state in the US, the legal age of consent is either 16, 17, or 18. But I don't think having sex with a student is legal anywhere here (maybe college?).

[Joinfortmill]

7. Looked more like a grooming sweep

[mahina]

11. age of consent in the "State" of Hawaiʻi

Relative to comments down thread
"In Hawaii, the age of consent is sixteen (16) generally, or the age of consent is between fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) when either the other person is less than five (5) years older or when the other person is legally married to the person between the ages of fourteen (14) and fifteen (15). See Haw. Rev. Stat. § 707-732."
https://www.hawaii.edu/titleix/glossary/sexual-assault/

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. "Macron's office initially denied the authenticity of the images"

Macron's office initially denied the authenticity of the images, evoking the possible use of artificial intelligence, before they were confirmed as genuine and Macron responded.

"In these three videos I took a tissue, shook someone's hand and just joked with my wife, as we do quite often. Nothing more," Macron said.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250526-just-joking-macron-denies-dispute-with-wife-blames-disinformation

The "joking" involve her pushing his face, clearly. His office have not helped by trying to claim the images were fake.

[Lasher]

14. Locking.

We don't believe this is Important News of National Interest.