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The French Slap Incident

Watch:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2bbJ0FM7gM Emmanuel Macron has denied he and his wife, Brigitte, had an  altercation  after a  viral  video promoted by Russian state media and French far-right accounts appeared to show her pushing him in the face as they prepared to get off a plane in Vietnam. The video, shot by an Associated Press camera operator, shows the French president appearing in the doorway of the plane at the start of a visit to Hanoi. His wife’s hand appears to shove him, causing him to step back before recovering and waving. Brigitte Macron’s body is not visible and her husband told reporters afterwards the  gesture  was playful. But the Russian foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, saw the footage, writing on Telegram that the president had received “a right hook”. “Did the first lady decide to cheer up her husband with a gentle pat on the cheek and  miscalculated  her strength?” she asked in a  m...
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The French Slap (b)

French President Emmanuel Macron has denied that he and his wife, Brigitte, had an argument after a video went    viral. The clip, shared by Russian media and far-right French accounts, appears to show Brigitte pushing Macron’s face as they were leaving a plane in Vietnam. The video was filmed by an Associated Press camera. It shows Macron standing in the doorway of the plane at the start of his visit to Hanoi. A hand that seems to be Brigitte’s touches his face, and he takes a step back, then waves to the crowd. Brigitte’s body is not seen in the video, and Macron later told reporters that they were just joking. However, Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, posted online that Macron had received a “right hook,” making fun of the video. She joked, asking if Brigitte meant to fix his collar but accidentally hit his face. Russian TV and social media repeated the video many times. Zakharova even said it might have been “the hand of the Kremlin.” Macr...
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