🎥 Bizarre moment Emmanuel Macron is SHOVED by wife Brigitte while ‘bickering’ as they got off plane

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Title: Bizarre moment Emmanuel Macron is SHOVED by wife Brigitte while ‘bickering’ as they got off plane

Duration: 1:48

Platform: YouTube

User: @thesun

Date published: May 26, 2025

Language: English

Subtitles: English

Audio: Yes

Segment: Politics, France, Europe...

Caption transcript

>> 00:00 - AP

>> 00:00 - The Sun

>> 00:00 - Présidence de la République

>> 00:01 - This is the jaw-dropping moment French President Emmanuel Macron is slapped by his wife Brigitte as the pair "bickered''.

>> 00:09 - The video, captured on Sunday evening at Hanoi airport, shows the plane's doors opening...

>> 00:10 - République Française

>> 00:14 - Présidence de la République

>> 00:15 - ...to reveal Macron standing inside the aircraft, facing his wife with a stern look.

>> 00:24 - République Française

>> 00:24 - Reuters

>> 00:24 - Within seconds, Brigitte's arms pop into view, with both of them raised to Macron's face in what appears to be a small blow.

>> 00:36 - Appearing shocked, the French leader immediately notices the doors are open and quickly turns to wave at the cameras.

>> 00:44 - Présidence de la République

>> 00:45 - The couple then emerge from the aircraft and walk down the staircase, with Macron extending his arm to his wife.

>> 00:52 - But she takes hold of the handrail of the walkway for support instead, potentially due to an explosive argument they had inside.

>> 01:04 - The clip of the fighting couple went viral overnight, with it initially denied by Palais de L'Élysée as being fake.

>> 01:12 - AP

>> 01:12 - Présidence de la République

>> 01:15 - But sources in the French media later confirmed that the clip is in fact real.

>> 01:21 - Reuters

>> 01:22 - Présidence de la République

>> 01:23 - According to an anonymous source close to the President, the couple were "bickering".

>> 01:40 - Macron was in Hanoi to begin a week-long tour of Southeast Asia, were he will also visit Indonesia and Singapore.

>> 01:46 - The Sun