Brigette macron hits Emmanuel

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

Of course he’s in an abusive relationship! Just because he married his groomer doesn’t make it any less abusive !! Would you say the same if Mandy Smith was still married to Bill Wyman ?

I imagine the dynamics of this relationship have always been obsequious.

It would be very difficult for the underlying power imbalance and original forces of attraction to evolve into something healthy and equal.

I recently bumped into a university professor of mine from back in late 90s. The deference (if that's the right word) was still there despite my age and own successes, I couldn't stop thinking about it afterwards and how I reverted back to an 18 year old student in their presence. There is no way these two don't operate on levels where that authority gap isn't present.

I feel sorry for Macron and what was caught on camera is in no way playful. They are in damage limitation mode, where the abused is minimizing and making excuses. I very much feel this is an abusive relationship.

I wonder if it was a one off. Not excusing it at all, just thinking that maybe they were both knackered, too many vinos in First Class and she lost it because he didn't respond to her gripes the way she wanted him to.

That's a possibility surely. In a lot of ways I hope it is the result of a single loss of control during an argument over something. The vast majority would not be physically abusive though admittedly.

However I don't think it was a single episode. It looks to me like he was used to her behaviour. Sad all round. I'm sure there are witnesses to this as they weren't the only ones on board that aircraft. I doubt anyone will comment.

As I suspected, this has gone off the news cycle now. They will stay together as they have done for many many years, and that will be that.

Exactly.

At what point is a slap in the face appropriate?

Is it appropriate for a woman to hit a man or a man to hit a woman?

In what circumstances is this ever acceptable?

Yet more justification for this.

Never mind a married couple, how on earth did the flight attendant wind up with a torn uniform and a bleeding shoulder?

It’s not torn or bleeding, it’s the hi viz

Is it reflecting something reddish? That's the impression I got

yeah just the orange hi-viz stripe and the light reflecting off it

It’s a scarf. There’s been numerous photos of it from a different angle on X.

Thanks, that image makes it a lot clearer

I shouldn't be shocked but I am. We all know the prevalence of M to F domestic violence is far, far greater than the other way but it doesn't excuse F to M. I guarantee that if that film had shown EM shoving BMs face in exactly the same way, most if not all of the minimising, excusing, victim blaming whataboutery of the last day would not have been posted.

I've seen a man in hospital whose female partner clocked him with a cast iron frying pan. He had been attacked this severely on previous occasions.

That's very true.

What makes it worse was that he was far more surprised that the door was open than he was by being shoved. He also didn't try and defend himself. That's someone who knew what was coming.

So much DV never gets reported whoever is the perpetrator. Reading some of the comments here is just vile.

My ex Dil punched my son in the face when he had baby in his arms and toddler on his lap. He's big and fit and thank God he didn't retaliate as no one would have believed she was the violent one.

My sons friend was regularly attacked by his wife a social worker who dealt with families. Outwardly nice woman.

Thankfully he's divorced now, she's still causing trouble but can no longer physically attack him.

One of Bridgette Macrons's excusers will probably pop up soon and ask what he'd said/done to deserve it.

My cousin was married to a woman like that. Put him in hospital 3 times and the police laughed at him. Thankfully he got away and stayed with us for a handful of weeks until he could sort out a place to live. Ex DW is now married to DH 4 and still hitting them.

Regular as clockwork!

That's awful and I'm glad he got away. I think that F to M violence is more prevalent than might be apparent and after reading some of these comments I'm not surprised that the victims must often keep quiet. If people are minimising where there is recorded visual evidence, what would they say when there is none?

I think most of us agree there was nothing playful about this. I have just rewatched the BBC video several times and you can see that he is not smiling before the altercation. I don't think it is a smack, I see it as an aggressive shove which makes him need to step back. I totally think it is unacceptable and I feel for him then having to plaster on a smile and get through the next however many hours.

Hue do you actually know otherwise? I’m not saying it wasn’t but just curious if they saw the footage and decided that.

Or he is trained not to respond in case eg an aggressive reporter gets in his face and he is accused of assault so he makes a conscious effort not to do anything that could be perceived incriminating as there will always be someone on hand to protect him if need be - very common in public figures.

Possibly but it's difficult not to react when something is new, different and sudden even from someone you know. Someone shoving their hand in your face is a lot more personal than pushing their chest or shoulders. It's a pretty humiliating move all things considered to cover somoenes face with your hand and push, it's also a pretty awkward move too for someone shorter. Nah, I'm not convinced it's his public figure training.

Like many here I've seen DV up front and on both sides, he looked just like it was expected. We'll never know the truth it will all be covered up.