Book Alleges Text Message Prompted Brigitte Macron to Shove Emmanuel Macron
A new book reports that Brigitte Macron pushed French President Emmanuel Macron in the face upon disembarking a plane in Vietnam last year after seeing a text message he sent to an Iranian-French actress. The couple had previously described the incident as joking. The author states the exchange with Golshifteh Farahani went quite far and prompted fears she might be replaced.
The IndependentBrigitte Macron shoved French President Emmanuel Macron in the face as they disembarked a plane in Vietnam last year after she allegedly discovered texts he had sent to an Iranian-French actress, according to a new book. The incident went viral last year prompting speculation of a rift. The couple denied any serious dispute at the time and insisted that they were just joking.
A new account states that the first lady was angry after she saw a text sent by Emmanuel Macron to exiled Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani. The author, a political correspondent at Paris Match magazine, reports that Mrs Macron, 73, was fearful that her husband, 48, may leave her for the actress after seeing the exchange.
Farahani, 42, has denied rumours that the pair were having an affair when questioned by journalists and has said that their connection was platonic.
The content of the messages are reported to have gone quite far and included comments such as I find you very pretty. Someone close to the couple told the author that Mrs Macron had read a message that she was never meant to read, which then prompted a dispute that was longer and harsher than usual.
>What hurt Brigitte was not so much the contents of the message as what it hinted at: a possibility ...
nothing tangible or that could really be denounced but the idea alone ... was enough. — Extract from the book (The Independent) She saw herself being erased, a friend of the first lady is said to have told the author.
