US EditionMacron Blames Disinformation for Viral Video of Wife Pushing Him in Hanoi
- French President Emmanuel Macron characterized a viral video of his wife Brigitte seemingly pushing his face away as playful joking, following their arrival in Hanoi to begin a Southeast Asia tour.
- The video captured a moment where the couple were horsing around and decompressing before the trip, but social media accounts used it to question Macron's relationship and masculinity.
- Macron explained on Monday that the interaction was joking, called the incident a "sort of geo-planetary catastrophe," and noted earlier videos spreading false stories about him.
- He explained that he and his wife were simply playing around and having fun, and he called on everyone to remain calm in response to conspiracy theories misusing the video.
- The event highlights challenges of disinformation on social media, as Macron underscored the situation as a cautionary example of misinformation affecting public perception.
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Macron's wife caught shoving him in face
Oh dear. It seems there’s trouble in one couple’s Parisian paradise after French president Emmanuel Macron was caught on camera being shoved in the face by his wife Brigitte as the pair landed in Vietnam. The footage spread furiously across social media – with the Elysée Palace initially denying the images were real before eventually
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