Did We Simply Study the Actual Motive Why Macron’s Spouse Slapped Him?
Last year, a video of French President Emmanuel Macron being slapped in the face by his wife, Brigitte, went viral on social media.
You might remember this:
Brigitte Macron slaps her husband in the face, as he exits aircraft.
The French President’s office branded the incident ‘couples teasing.’
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 26, 2025
At the time, the couple brushed it off as a playful fight.
But now, we might have just found out the real reason why Brigitte slapped her husband.
A new report claims that the French President had been maintaining a “platonic relationship” with a younger Iranian actress for months.
When Brigitte found a flirtatious message from the actress on his phone, she reacted by hitting him.
Here are the details:
Emmanuel Macron reportedly maintained a platonic relationship with Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani for several months, which allegedly led to Brigitte Macron slapping him. pic.twitter.com/ZGUkigebRT
— Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) May 13, 2026
The allegations originate from a book on the Macrons’ relationship written by French journalist Florian Tardif.
The New York Post reported further:
Brigitte Macron’s viral attack on her husband — which was caught on cameras — was a result of the steamy messages allegedly sent between her former student, 48, and Iranian-born Golshifteh Farahani, 42, journalist Florian Tardif claimed in an interview with RTL France.
“I find you very pretty,” President Macron told Farahani, in one of the messages, according to Tardif, whose book, “An (Almost) Perfect Couple,” was published Wednesday.
Farahani, who is known to be a staunch critic of the regime in Tehran, allegedly kept up a “platonic relationship” with Macron for several months, reported Le Parisien.
“[This] led to tensions within the couple, which resulted in this private scene becoming public,” explained Tardif, a journalist with Paris Match, referring to the infamous incident in May last year as the couple prepared to disembark their plane in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Moments before the slap, Brigitte, 73, had read a message from Farahani on her husband’s phone, reported Le Parisien.
“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,” reads an extract from the book, serialized in Paris Match.
“She [Brigitte] saw herself being erased,” Tardif quoted a friend of the first lady as saying.
However, the Macrons have denied these claims.
Collin Rugg broke down the allegations and the Macrons’ response:
NEW: Brigitte Macron representative denies new claim that she slapped her husband after she found a message on his phone with an Iranian actress.
The statement from the French first lady comes after a new book made the allegations.
“I find you very pretty,” Macron said to… pic.twitter.com/qzeTmllW2r
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 13, 2026
NEW: Brigitte Macron representative denies new claim that she slapped her husband after she found a message on his phone with an Iranian actress.
The statement from the French first lady comes after a new book made the allegations.
“I find you very pretty,” Macron said to 42-year-old Golshifteh Farahani, according to journalist Florian Tardif.
The pair had a “platonic relationship” for multiple months, according to Le Parisien.
“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,” the book says.
“[Brigitte] saw herself being erased,” a friend allegedly said.
A representative for Brigitte has responded to the claims, saying she never looks at her husband’s phone.
“Brigitte Macron categorically denied this account directly to the author on March 5th, specifying that she never looks at her husband’s mobile phone.”
The actress, Golshifteh Farahani, has also denied having a relationship with Emmanuel Macron.
From Politico:
A person close to the First Lady, granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, told POLITICO that Brigitte Macron “has categorically denied” allegations that her dust-up with her husband last year caught on camera was due to revelations of his purported relationship with an actress…
Farahani has previously shot down rumors of a relationship with Macron but has not publicly commented on the allegations in Tardif’s book.
I’ll leave it to you to decide if the claims have any credibility.
What do you think?