Brigette macron hits Emmanuel

[Stressedout150]

has anyone seen this on the news?! What do we all think, it’s all a bit bizarre

What are you even on about??

He was 15.
A child.

I have just watched the clip and initially of course I concentrated on Macron however on rewatching I think alot more has gone on, look at the poor lady in the hi-vis vest her clothing is ripped on her shoulder and it's all bloody.

Something went down and it wasn't good.

Yes. If only more people ignored this behaviour. Luckily being called a racist on mumsnet means nothing.

Not long ago there was another campaign to make paedophilia normalised, they even made a flag. There was also NAMBLA, weren’t they the 80s?

It’s utterly sickening that society is ever in a position where paedophiles feel comfortable enough to go public. I’d set fire to the lot of them.

But there are still lots of people who have admitted to such crimes and they’re still famous and people don’t bat an eyelid. Steven Tyler is another. Anthony Kiedis. Elvis. Jerry Lee Lewis (yeah he was arrested etc for various crimes but never condemned for his 13 year old wife)

She wasn't on the plane, she opened the door.
You can see that she witnesses the slap/punch and doesn't quite know what to do

The press ARE having a field day

That was not accidental nor was it trying to tidy his face, it looks like something someone would do when they really wanted to punch someone but pushed their face instead. Unlikely it was the first time either with doing in public (staff on the plane) and not enough self control to even stop herself despite the plane doors opening and press outside.

Looks like Macron is obviously in a very dysfunctional relationship and there probably still is a psychological power imbalance from when they got together. No 15 year old boy is consciously capable and mature enough to conduct a romantic relationship with a 39 year old married mother of 3, a teacher! He is younger than her eldest son and the same age as the other one.

I wonder who is actually governing France if he is in a relationship like that.

As @Hoppinggreen has said that person wasn’t on the plane. But also her clothing isn’t ripped or bloody, it’s the orange reflective on her shoulder.

Beggars belief that this is the take you've gone with. She is an abusive nonce. The fact the victim is minimising it and has undergone it for 30 years doesn't matter. There is no justification for what we have all seen and I don't understand the need for people to make one.

It wasn’t even mentioned on the 6 o’clock news.

Remember when Melania slapped Trump's hand away on some trip. All the rumours swirling around about Starmer and "rent boys." I don't think mumsnetters should stoop to the level of the gutter press.

Sounds like oh she can't help it..

Big laugh at my post @SalfordQuays

Clearly you don't care about abuse.

This is absolutely nothing like those instances and you know it. I don't understand your keenness to defend this woman, either for her inappropriate relationship with a child or shoving her husband in the face in front of cameras.

I remember when Melania looked disgusted at a kiss given by Trump.

Edited clip.

Twitter and Gbnews isn't the press.

In all the years I've worked supporting women to leave abusive relationships, I've never met one who was the president of France. That is the level of power, privilege and autonomy I'm talking about. So it's no use drawing false parallels with women who are not amongst the most powerful people in the world. Women encounter all types of barriers to leaving abusive men. The lack of a viable alternative option is typically high on the list. The damage to their self esteem and confidence is also a common factor. As is a genuine fear for their life and the lives of their children. It's ridiculous to suggest the president of France is in a comparable situation. If he had deep seated pyscological issues preventing him leaving that have somehow escaped the scrutiny of those who surrounding him, then that is a great shame. However he would still not face anywhere near the challenges typically faced by an ordinary woman in an abusive relationship.

I don’t think that’s the case? I think it is just her uniform, and she looks to be part of the airport staff at Hanoi greeting the plane?

There have been lots of dramas about domestic violence. I recall one on the BBC many years ago. There have also been lots of true crime documentaries about domestic violence that has led to murder.

All forms of abuse are abhorrent. None are acceptable. Same as no form of child abuse or grooming are acceptable.

Including any potential domestic abuse between the Macron’s.

There was a study done on doctors who suffer from domestic abuse. One of the reasons they felt they couldn’t speak up about what was happening to them was the stigma attached to being a doctor, a professional who should be in control, be able to handle life, and have a certain income, being abused.

Now imagine you are a man in a position of power. Already you’re on the back foot as a man. Now imagine you’ve been groomed for decades and you’re in a serious position of power.

You can keep dismissing the fact he can’t be abused but that clip shows a level of violence towards him from his wife. It may be a one off, they may play it down, but using violence towards your partner is always abuse, no matter the reason. We don’t need to compare situations, abuse is always wrong.

Men can be abused, people with money can be abused, people in powerful positions can be abused. To say it can’t be true because he has money or his position is doing a serious disservice to victims of abuse and it’s a dangerous position to take.

Once is already too many times.

I can only assume that those minimising this have only seen a still photo of her hands on his face. It beggars belief that anyone can watch that video clip and say that it was a joke/wiping something off his face.

Everyone from the airport staff to Macron himself looks awkward and as if they don't know what to do. There's no reason for that if it wasn't an angry push.

Yeah….the jaunty wave once he clocked that.

I have a 15 year old son. He is a child.

Some 39 year old teacher honing in on him would be criminal. She’s an abuser then and now.