Fresh claims about thenow-infamous moment betweenEmmanuel MacronandBrigitte Macronduring a state visit toVietnamhave reignited speculation over tensions inFrance’s most closely watched political marriage. A new book by French journalist Florian Tardif alleges the incident may have been triggered by messages exchanged between the French president and French-Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani.
The awkward exchange was captured on camera as the presidential plane landed inHanoiin May 2025. It showedBrigitte Macron appearing to shove her husband’s facemoments before the couple exited the aircraft. At the time, the Élysée Palace dismissed the moment as harmless “playfulness” between the pair and Emmanuel Macron himself insisted they had simply been "joking around."
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In his newly released book Un couple (presque) parfait, An (almost) perfect couple, which came out on Wednesday, Paris Match journalist Florian Tardif claimed the disagreement stemmed from messages allegedly sent between Macron and Farahani.
The book claims that a text message from the actress to the president, seen by Brigitte Macron, provoked an argument between him and his wife, leading to the shove captured on camera.
Speaking to French radio station RTL, the journalist said the relationship was "platonic" but that some messages "went quite far" with one allegedly calling the actress "very pretty."
The author also told RTL: "Everything in the book is facts, facts and only facts."
An extract published in Paris Match reads: "What hurt Brigitte was not so much the contents of the message as what it hinted at: a possibility … nothing tangible or that could really be denounced but the idea alone … was enough."
Sources close to Brigitte Macron toldLe Parisienon Wednesday: "Brigitte Macron categorically denied this account to the author directly on March 5, stating that she never looked at her husband’s mobile phone."
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
