Non had still come down from the plane and already Emmanuel Macron found himself in the center of international gossip. Sunday 25 May, upon arrival in Hanoi for an official visit to Vietnam, the wife Brigitte trimmed what seemed a blow – Someone called him “slap” – On the face, making him jump and leaving everyone speechless. A lightning and chat scene that triggered the tam tam on social networks and international newspapers.
The viral video of Brigitte Macron’s “slap”
The video, relaunched by international social and media, shows the French president Emmanuel Macron while preparing to get off the plane. Just at that moment, the Première Dame lengthens the arm and the the face affects decisively. He backs slightly slightly, smiles and, despite the gesture, He hands her arm to go down together. Brigitte Macron, however, ignores himleaving room for interpretations of all sorts. At first the Eliseo tried to deny speaking of “false video”, but when the agency Associated Press confirmed the authenticity of the movie, The official version has arrived: “It was a moment of complicity between the president and his wife, a couple joke”.
Emmanuel Macron minimizes: “We were kidding”
“We were kidding, really, I was kidding with my wife“, Emanuel Macron clarified, playing down with a smile and admitting that the episode was magnified: “It has become a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe”. The clarification, however, was not enough. The video has become prey to conspiracy theoriesfed by pro-Russe pages and also relaunched by media such as Russia TODAY.
Brigitte’s gesture: joke or tension?
After the “scaramuccia” on the plane, the couple continued the official program in Vietnam, between institutional meetings and a visit to the temple of Hanoi literature. But in the meantime, the scene on board remains impressed and Brigitte’s gesture continues to feed discussions: Innocent joke or voltage signal? Perhaps the truth, as often happens, is in the middle.
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