47-Year-old Macron Says His 72-Year-Old Wife Pushing His Face Away Was Just A Joke And Not A Fight (Video)

Brigette Macron and Emmanuel Macron

Source: Africa Publicity

French President, Emmanuel Macron, age 47, has reacted to a viral video in which his 72-year-old wife, Brigette Macron, appeared to have pushed his face away while disembarking a plane in Vietnam on Monday, May 26, 2025.

The video went viral on social media on Monday morning.

But according to Macron, he and his wife were only “joking around” and not any domestic dispute.

The French President told reporters that he was “squabbling and joking around with my wife.”

He says he was “surprised” the video became a “disaster of planetary proposition with everyone having their own theory about it.”

In the video, captured by the Associated Press, Macron can be seen standing inside the plane alongside a second person who is initially not visible, whose arms reach out and appear to push Macron by his face, as the President then takes several steps back.

Immediately after the apparent push, Macron turns to face the outside of the plane and breaks into a smile and waves, possibly noticing the reporters and cameras.

Macron acknowledged the video was real while speaking with reporters, though multiple outlets reported his office initially denied the incident had happened.

The video was circulated online by social media accounts, many of whom appear to be European and American right-wing profiles that are typically critical of Macron, who used the incident to question his relationship with his wife or to attack his masculinity.

Who Is Brigette Macron?

Macron, 47, has been married to Brigette Macron, 72, since 2007. The two met in 1993 while Emmanuel Macron was a student at Lycée la Providence, the high school where Brigette Macron was his teacher.

Their relationship has been the subject of gossip in the French press, and Macron’s parents attempted to separate him from Brigette while he was in high school by sending him to another school for his final year. Brigette Macron resigned from her teaching position once her husband became France’s economy minister, and she played an active role in her husband’s presidential campaign.