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Brigitte Macron faces backlash for using slur against feminist protesters

Brigitte Macron's backstage insult toward feminist protesters drew backlash, highlighting tensions over protest tactics against Ary Abittan, whose rape charges were dropped after a three-year investigation.

  • Brigitte Macron, the French first lady, faced backlash for using a vulgar slur against feminist protesters disrupting a comedian's show over rape allegations.
  • The protesters, from the group Nous Toutes, interrupted Ary Abittan's show, accusing him of being a 'rapist' despite the case against him being dropped due to lack of evidence.
  • In a video, Macron is heard calling the protesters 'stupid bitches' in French, prompting criticism from celebrities and feminists who adopted the phrase to denounce her comments.
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French first lady caught on video insulting feminist protesters

Footage has emerged of Brigitte Macron using a French slur to describe the women while speaking to a comedian backstage.

·Sydney, Australia
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Filmed in the process of treating feminist activists who have interrupted a show of Ary Abittan as "sacred culprits", the First Lady is the subject of a complaint from an association, Le Parisien reveals.

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After the intervention of four feminists of the group Nous Tous, during a show by the humorist Ary Abittan, accused of rape in 2021, Brigitte Macron treated feminist activists of "sals connes", indignation of feminist circles and of the political class. In Marseilles, feminists take the floor.

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There was a backlash over the term used by the first lady of France to describe the activists who interrupted the show of comedian Ari Abitano, accused of rape.

·Belgrade, Serbia
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In a video, the French Presidential Gatt calls feminist activists "sale connes" – and is under attack.

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Le Huffington Post broke the news in Paris, France on Sunday, December 7, 2025.
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