Macron denies dispute with wife as Russia’s foreign ministry mocks face shoving video
France’s first lady seems to push her husband as they land in Vietnam. He says they were joking
French President Emmanuel Macron denied Monday having a domestic dispute with his wife Brigitte after a video appeared to show her shoving his face away when they touched down for a visit to Vietnam, blaming disinformation campaigns for trying to put false meaning on the footage.
The Elysee had been hoping that the visit to Vietnam would showcase France’s reach into the Indo-Pacific, but it has been shadowed by the incident which occurred as the doors of the presidential plane swung open after landing in Hanoi Sunday.
This is the third time this month that Macron has been the subject of viral video footage at a time when France says it is being targeted by repeated disinformation attacks as Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine.
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Macron appears to be pushed in the face by wife after landing in Vietnam
In Hanoi, Brigitte sticks out both her hands and gives her husband’s face a shove, according to footage shot by the Associated Press news agency.