Brigette macron hits Emmanuel

[Stressedout150]

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

I’m in my late 60’s and can’t recall it being considered alright amongst ordinary people with their heads screwed on the correct way.

Probably to appease her and get her to start the official visit.

I suspect that going forward she’ll now retire from public life to quite an extent and both will lead seperate lives with appropriate excuses being made as to why.

This is a truly disgusting post, and you should be ashamed of it. If a man hit his wife, would you wait to see what she had done to "deserve" it before passing judgment?

Victim blaming is not OK, ever.

I am sorry this happened to you. And I think you make a valid point about not seeing the abuse until you had children. I was also involved with men over 10 years older than me from age 15, which looking back was disgusting. Macron doesn’t have children. I wonder if he’d think differently if he did. It’s only once my dd got to 15 that I truly saw how young and vulnerable I must have been.

@NeverDropYourMooncup I am so sorry for the abuse you suffered.

I have a relative who is in a similar relationship. I think he was in a FWB style thing with a much older woman and got her pregnant. Next thing, she has moved in with him and his parents to have the child and she hasn't lifted a finger since. The DD is 9 now. It's a mess and she has ruined his life.

Kids, keep your DNA to yourselves! Use condoms.

It’s not really going away.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/26/brigitte-emmanuel-macron-shove-relationship-expert/

Well said. Honestly, what is wrong with so many of you? It's nothing whatsoever to do with any of us. The MN "experts" on relationships (especially the relationships of people they don't even know) are out in full force today.

This thread is insane.

Of course he's going to look embarrassed as he realised he was on film & the associated PR fallout.

The French are far more physical in their emotions than us 'stiff upper lipped' Brits

I agree with this

It’s international news.

Macron’s pushback is international news.

The pushback to the pushback is international news.

edition.cnn.com/2025/05/26/europe/macron-brigitte-shove-vietnam-intl

Is that what it looked like to you? Did you watch it

@midlandsmummy123
“He has said that they were joking around and he realises that the conspiracy theorists”

Do you literally believe all politicians in every situation? And every newspaper headline as well? If not then I call you a conspiracy theorist.

No, because "a stiff upper lip" means that you show no emotion.
I don't think anyone should be excusing or minimising any kind of physical abuse. That's what this is about. It's not about "culture" it's about thinking this isn't ok.

It wasn’t mentioned in the main TV news journal 20h avec whatever his name is (Giles Boulot?)… though they did discuss the Vietnam visit and showed footage. I thought that was interesting. Then again this would be considered a strictly private matter in France and not newsworthy, just gossip-worthy.

BFMTV were covering it yesterday, although then Liverpool became their main headline.

Maybe he said or did something inappropriate to her just before and she forgot about the open plane door in a moment of anger?
I think far too much is being read into this - every married couple has rows, but most manage to keep it private - the fact that Russian State Media is over it like flies is suggestive of overkill.

I don't. He's wealthy, powerful and intelligent and he has no children to worry about, plus she's in all probability going to die long before him anyway, so what's the problem with calling it a day a few years early? He has the chance to do that before he has to start being more like her nurse or one of her adult children than her husband, when he will still be in his prime and he'll start to really feel that age gap and wonder wtf he's done with his life.

After this he can leave any time he wants with no guilt and no-one would blame him. He isn't trapped like so many other people experiencing the same thing. He doesn't have to choose between being abused and having a roof over his head, a provider for his children, a family who won't shun him for disgracing them. Save your pity for those who have those awful choices to make.

What do you think he did which warranted physical assault?
Isn't that victim blaming?
It's not about a "row".

And like I give a fuck about Russian State Media. I know how to spot troll activity. God knows I report enough of it on here.

She (possibly he if you believe the rumours) is a paedophile so nothing surprises me. I feel sorry for Emmanuel Macron.

You obviously understand little of domestic abuse. There are many reasons why people don't leave their abusers even when they have the practical and financial means to do so.

Nigella was rich in her own right and whilst not the President of a country also not exactly powerless. The abuse had been going on for a long time, but Nigella only finally left her husband when he

a)abused her in public and was photographed doing so; and

b)his actions were widely condemned by press and public.

I have pity for anyone trapped in an abusive relationship.

I am wondering if it is fake or if she was wiping his mouth?

Have you seen the video?

Yes, I was also watching and rewatching her reaction. Very telling - she could see a lot more than we could too, as her sightline is into the fuselage. I agree that her body language was 'I don't WANT to see that!' and awkward hair playing as she gets away quickly.

FFS, Brigitte has three children from her first marriage. I don't think her husband gave birth to them. She won damages against the journalists who started the rumour.

That's all very well, but I suspect that if we'd seen the opposite - Macron hitting his wife across the face - you wouldn't be saying "well she might have been aggressive with him first, he might be putting up with way more".

It's not okay for one partner to hit another.