London – French President Emmanuel Macron corrected a clear dispute with his wife, Brigitte, after the appearance of a video of what appeared to be the first French lady who is paying her husband in the face of her after their arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam, on an official visit.
The video showed Macron appearing inside the door of his plane shortly after landing in the northern Vietnamese city late Sunday. You can then see a hand and arm – with a person completely invisible but wears red clothes – they appear on the face of the president on his right side.
Macron seemed surprising, but soon turned into a wave through the open door. Brigitte – who was wearing a red jacket – then appeared from the right of the president, as the couple was walking on the plane’s stairs to the airport runway.
French President Emmanuel Macron stands near a plane door, where a hand appears and pushes his face away, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on May 25, 2025, on this screen of a video.
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“We are joking with my wife and a video clip becomes a kind of geological disaster,” Macron told reporters on Monday. “In the world in which we live, we do not have much time to lose,” he added.
Speaking on BFMTV TV channel in France, Macron denied any “local scene”, adding, “This is everything from nonsense.”
Macron in Vietnam as part of a tour of Southeast Asia. He will also visit Indonesia and Singapore.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, release pictures of the presidential palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on May 26, 2025.
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Joe Simonetti and Hugo Leenhardt in ABC News contributed to this report.
