France President Emmanuel Macron video has been making round on social media in which he can be seen getting slapped by wife Brigitte in public.
In the video, President Macron can be seen getting slapped by his wife just before exiting the plane.
The incident’s video went viral, causing a lot of conjecture and social media reactions.
When Emmanuel Macron and his wife landed in Vietnam to start a tour to Southeast Asia, the event happened at the Hanoi airport.
The Associated Press news agency captured footage of Macron’s jet door opening to reveal him in Hanoi on Sunday night.
From the left of the open doorway, his wife Brigitte’s arms appear. She shoves her husband’s face with both hands.
After a moment of shock, the president quickly gathers himself and turns to wave through the open door. It is impossible to see her body language or facial expression because she is still hidden by the aeroplane body.
Brigitte Macron declines her husband’s offered arm as the couple descends the stairs for the formal welcome by Vietnamese authorities.
The incident was minimised by the office of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Before the photos were verified as authentic, Macron’s team first rejected their veracity.
The incident was later characterised as a harmless “squabble” between a couple by a close colleague of the president.
Another person in his group downplayed the incident’s importance.
The second insider told reporters, “It was a moment when the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by joking around.”
It’s a time to be together. The source went on to blame pro-Russian accounts for disparaging remarks regarding the incident, saying, “No more was needed to feed the mills of the conspiracy theorists.”
