📱 "Un moment de complicité" entre Emmanuel et Brigitte #Macron.
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Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, recently talked to reporters about a funny moment he had with his wife, Brigitte. They’ve been married since 2007, and they first met when he was a student and she was his teacher. Macron explained that they were just having some fun together.
“We were just horsing around and joking with my wife,” he said. He thought people were making a big deal out of nothing, saying it was like a “geo-planetary catastrophe,” which is a fancy way of saying it was blown way out of proportion.
Macron also mentioned that some videos of him have been misunderstood. For example, there were rumors about him sharing a bag of cocaine or having a confrontation with the president of Turkey. He firmly stated, “None of these are true,” and asked everyone to “calm down.”
His team explained that the funny moment was just a way for the couple to relax before a trip. They said it was a moment of connection between them, but it gave some people a reason to start conspiracy theories.
In the video, a man in a uniform opened the door of the plane, showing Macron inside, dressed nicely and talking to someone. Suddenly, two arms in red sleeves reached out and playfully pushed Macron away, covering his mouth and part of his nose. He looked surprised and turned his head away, but then he noticed the camera and smiled, waving at it.
Later, both Macron and Brigitte appeared at the top of the stairs. He offered his arm to her, but she didn’t take it. They walked down the stairs together, side by side.
Brigitte Macron, who was originally Brigitte Auzière, was a married mother of three when she first met Emmanuel at his high school. She was his teacher and ran the drama club, where he was a member. Even though he moved to Paris for his last year of high school, he promised to marry her. Brigitte later moved to Paris to be with him and got divorced before they finally tied the knot.