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Rabat – A viral video has shown France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron pushing President Emmanuel Macron’s face aboard a plane that landed in Vietnam for a diplomatic visit.
The footage sparked questions, mockery, and divided reactions, with many questioning whether this was an intense situation between the couple that has been married since 2007.
Only shortly after Brigitte’s act did Macron realize that the scene had been caught on camera. He stepped down for a second before he reappeared and waved at the lenses.
An official from the Elysee quickly responded to the video, saying that the scene was a “moment of closeness” between the French first couple.
“It was a moment when the president and his wife were relaxing one last time before the start of the trip by having a laugh,” the official quoted by Reuters said.
Macron’s visit to Vietnam is the first by a French president in almost a decade, with the goal of boosting France’s influence in the Asian country, Reuters reported.
The French first couple has been the target of many rumors over the past years.
Last year, two French women falsely claimed that the country’s First Lady was transgender.
Both women were found guilty of slander and were ordered to pay over $8,000 in damages to Brigitte.
Meanwhile, the French First Lady filed a complaint against the two women after the claim went viral ahead of France’s 2022 presidential elections.
