A lip reader has lifted the lid on what they think President Macron’s wife said to him just moments after ‘slapping’ him in an alleged dispute.
In case you missed the viral moment, Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte didn’t seem very happy with her husband, appearing to ‘slap’ or ‘push’ his face, just as the presidential plane doors opened for their arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday (May 25).
The 72-year-old remained hidden behind the plane’s fuselage, blocking any view of her other than her arm extending out towards the the french president’s face where she placed both hands on him and appeared to give him quite a stern shove.
Meanwhile, a seemingly startled Macron was in plain view of the cameras and those awaiting his arrival and quickly tried to play it cool.
Macron and his wife appeared to be in a heated argument (Alamy)
The French couple then descended the steps from the jet together, though Brigitte appeared to snub her husband’s gesture to hold his arm.
The 47-year-old politician has since spoken out about the heated exchange, saying it was harmless ‘joking’ around.
However, a professional lip reader has claimed the moment was probably a little more serious than they are letting on, as per Brigitte’s body language when they descended the stairs.
“As the aircraft door opens, President Macron is seen turning toward Brigitte. In an unexpected moment, she pushes him in the face. Realising the door is already open and staff are witnessing the interaction, Emmanuel appears uncomfortable and quickly raises his hand with a forced ‘Hi,'” the lip reader told The Express.
The pair apparently had a heated moment (THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)
A crew member on board the jet apparently then ‘visibly flinches, brushing her hand through her hair in discomfort.’
As for Macron, he ‘steps closer to Brigitte before composing himself and crossing to the other side,’ the analyst continued. “Moments later, he signals for her to follow him with ‘Let’s go’.”
With a thanks to the pilot and a wave to the camera – which the analyst said was the president attempting to recover his ‘public-facing image’ – the pair turn to the descent, which is where ‘things turn icy again.’
“He offers his arm; she ignores it, clinging to the railing instead. As she passes, she appears to mutter, and lipread as ‘Dégage, espèce de loser’, translated in English ‘Stay away, you loser’.”
Macron reportedly responded: “Essayons, s’il te plaît,” translating to, “Let’s try, please?”
However, Brigitte allegedly replied curtly: “Non.”
The lipreader said: “His closing expression, and the phrase lipread as ‘Je vois’ translated in english ‘I see,’ says it all.
“Hot Take: A rare unguarded exchange that hints at deeper tensions between the couple. One to watch, especially with a packed diplomatic schedule ahead.”
Brigitte, who is 25 years her husband’s senior, met Macron when he was a pupil at the high school where she taught French.
The rest of the trip has apparently been successful for the pair (LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)
The pair tied the knot in 2007 before he pursued his career in public service.
The analysis comes as Macron shrugged off any suggestions that the pair had a serious row.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, he said: “We are squabbling and, rather, joking with my wife.”
He further described the media frenzy around the incident as disproportionate, calling it ‘sort of geo-planetary catastrophe.’
“Everyone needs to calm down,” he added.
An Elysee official also played down the tense moment, denying it showed they were arguing.
“It was a moment where the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by horsing around. It’s a moment of complicity. It was all that was needed to give ammunition to the conspiracy theorists.”
A lip reader has revealed what Barack Obama and Donald Trump said to one another at Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
The former presidents were two of the many well-known faces to attend Carter’s funeral yesterday (January 9) in Washington D.C.
Carter died at the age of 100 years old on December 29. He was the longest-lived president in US history and is survived by his children Jack, Chip, Jeff, and Amy, 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
The former president, who left office in 1981, lived so long that two of the eulogies were written by people who died before him — his vice president Walter Mondale, and his White House predecessor Gerald Ford.
Carter was laid to rest in Washington National Cathedral. All of his living successors were in attendance, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, delivering a eulogy.
Former president Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump, political rivals who have mocked each other for years, sat next to each other and talked for several minutes — even sharing a laugh.
Now, a lip reader has revealed what the pair were seemingly chatting about.
Barack Obama and Donald Trump sat together at Jimmy Carter’s funeral (LAURENT CARON/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
In one snippet of their lengthy conversation, the lip reader – who spoke with Sky News – shared that Obama was saying something about making it ‘soon’, with Trump admitting: “I haven’t got a clue.”
“Big, big money,” Obama replied. “And you’ll always get people leaving their cabin.”
Elsewhere, Obama was seen laughing at Trump said: “Can you imagine?”
“We are here for a tough show,” the President-elect continued.
Trump also asked his White House predecessor: “Would you give me a go at starting it?”
Obama then said: “Yeah, I would. Yeah. We’ll see what happens.”
Trump went on to discuss getting the public’s view on something, but it’s unclear what.
Away from what Obama and Trump were chatting about, Carter’s family paid tribute to the 100-year-old.
“He built houses for people who needed homes,” said Joshua Carter, a grandson who recalled how Carter regularly taught Sunday school in his native hamlet of Plains, Georgia, after leaving the White House.
Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
“He eliminated diseases in forgotten places. He waged peace anywhere in the world, wherever he saw a chance. He loved people.”
Jason Carter, another grandson, praised his grandfather and his wife Rosalynn, who died in 2023.
He wryly noted the couple’s frugality, such as washing and reusing Ziploc bags, and the former president’s struggles with using his mobile phone.
“They were small-town people who never forgot who they were and where they were from no matter what happened in their lives.”
A lip reader has detailed what Timothée Chalamet said to Kylie Jenner during a seemingly ‘awkward’ moment between the pair during a tennis match on Sunday (March 9).
You’d typically expect to see the celebrity power couple on a red carpet at some awards show, but over the weekend, Chalamet and Jenner were snapped watching the 2025 BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament.
As the pair were watching Holger Rune of Denmark take on France’s Ugo Humbert in California, the cameras would often pan to them during a break of play.
And there was one interaction between them that gave many on the internet a bit of second hand embarrassment, in a clip that has since gone viral.
Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner had an ‘awkward’ moment over the weekend (Twitter/@BNPPARIBASOPEN)
The short video sees Jenner holding her boyfriend’s face and leaning in for a kiss, all the while Chalamet focuses his efforts on the court.
“I sure hope Miss Club is reacting to Timothée not wanting to kiss Kylie and barely paying attention to her,” one person penned on Twitter, referring to dedicated fan page Club Chalamet.
On the other hand, another fan backed the pair on the social media site, writing: “Not really fair to say, a lot of people don’t like forced pose kissing pics. They’re awkward.”
Lipreader Jeremy Freeman has since spoken to the DailyMail about what was apparently said between the celebrity couple.
Essentially, Freeman told the paper how Chalamet was focused on the tennis action when Jenner leaned in for a kiss as the cameras filmed them.
While the Wonka actor complied with his beau’s request, the actor then apparently told Jenner: “Wait a minute, love.”
A lip reader has revealed what was apparently said (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
The reality TV star allegedly asked her partner for ‘eye contact’, to which Freeman claims Chalamet said: “Go on. Yum, yep.”
UNILAD has reached out to Chalamet and Jenner’s representatives for comment.
In a later encounter between the celeb pair, Chalamet appeared to be uncomfortable at one stage, saying ‘Ow!’ during one sequence, which led to Jenner asking him ‘Are you ok?’
“No problem, I’m good, don’t worry about it,” the actor then said, according to Freeman.
Jenner then proceeded to rub Chalamet’s stomach area, which led to the actor allegedly stating: “Watch the point, watch the point.”
While Jenner continued to take pictures from the event, Freeman claims Chalamet continued to roar on Humbert, seemingly shouting ‘bad miss’ at one stage.
Chalamet may have been pictured with Jenner over the weekend, but many were asking at the Oscars where his better half was on the carpet, as they initially didn’t spot her.
Jenner was at the Oscars however, and was just temporarily hidden from view at the time Chalamet was pictured by the paparazzi.
The Kylie Cosmetics founder was later spotted sharing ‘a sweet moment’ inside with her actor boyfriend, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Emmanuel Macron’s team aren’t backing down to unsubstantiated rumors about the President, and have hit back.
The French leader met with European leaders over the weekend, but one brief moment ended up causing a massive stir on social media.
Macron met with Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Kyiv in hopes of brokering a peace between Ukraine and Russia.
However, one action from Macron ahead of pictures from the media seemed to fire up the rumor mill.
The French president was spotted removing a crumpled white object from a table he was sharing with the leaders.
From this brief action, people all over Twitter have taken to accusing him of taking drugs with the leaders, specifically cocaine.
So, what was the little white object, you might ask?
Emmanuel Macron met with other European leaders over the weekend (Stefan Rousseau – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Well, unremarkably it was only a crumpled up piece of tissue, and not exactly the wild illegal scandal some may have been hoping for.
On Sunday (May 11), the Elysée Palace took to social media to not only dispel the rumors but mock those who had been repeatedly pushing them.
The post read: “When European unity becomes inconvenient, disinformation goes so far as to make a simple tissue look like drugs.
“This fake news is being spread by France’s enemies, both abroad and at home. We must remain vigilant against manipulation.”
‘France’s enemies’ doesn’t point fingers at anyone directly, but Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was amongst those who shared the conspiracy theory online.
When European unity becomes inconvenient, disinformation goes so far as to make a simple tissue look like drugs. This fake news is being spread by France’s enemies, both abroad and at home. We must remain vigilant against manipulation.
The post also showed a close up image of the tissue before Macron picked it up.
Despite this, many rumors still circulated with some social media users moving the goalpost or still suggesting that drugs were somehow involved in the meeting.
One user commented: “If it was a tissue, why did Macron attempt to hide it discreetly?
“And why did they all stop smiling and laughing, and began looking awkward and uncomfortable shortly after it was hidden?”
Another said: “It wasn’t the tissue that was the issue. It was the way Macron picked it up and hid it that raised suspicions. Nobody would do what he did if it was just a piece of tissue.”
Macron’s team denied and ridiculed those peddling the rumors (Stefan Rousseau – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
With a third adding: “Why is Mr. Macron not taking a drug test and prove the disinformation theorists wrong?”
While many would have let the rumors simply die down, the French presidency has reportedly taken a tougher stance on disinformation.
An Elysée official who was granted anonymity said: “It’s by denying them when they emerge that we weaken them.”
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron couldn’t exactly agree as the French president ended up correcting the POTUS in an awkward moment.
Donald Trump has had a lot to say about Ukraine regarding the country’s ongoing war with Russia in recent weeks.
Most controversially, earlier this week, Donald Trump called Ukrainian president, Volodymir Zelensky, a dictator. Zelensky responded by arguing that Trump was ‘living in a disinformation space’ governed by Moscow.
Musk corrected Trump in an awkward moment during their interview (CSpan)
Despite the international tensions, leaders believe they are moving towards peace talks.
Most recently, Emmanuel Macron visited Washington for talks with the White House, and during a discussion with the press, the conversation moved to Ukraine.
In a CSpan video, Macron is seen being asked if the US should be compensated for the money it has given Ukraine, to which he replied that Ukraine must first be fully compensated for the war.
Trump argued that Europe is ‘loaning the money to Ukraine’ and would be ‘getting their money back’, something he doesn’t believe America will.
However, in a rather awkward moment, Macron corrected the President saying: “No, in fact. To be frank, we paid. We paid 60 per cent of the total effort.”
He said European nations provided ‘real money’ just like the US had, through a combination of ‘loans, guarantees and grants’.
Trump then fired back at a journalist “If you believe that, it’s okay with me.
“But they get their money back, we don’t, and now we do.”
Macron couldn’t help but interject: “In fact we both do.”
On social media, Trump took criticism for being corrected with many praising how Macron handled the situation.
Musk and Trump have both agreed work is being done to move towards a ceasfire in Ukraine (CSpan)
On Twitter user said: “A memorable moment in contrasting leadership communication. It’s refreshing to see candid comments rather than meaningless platitudes or cautious timidity.”
Another said: “trump, embarrassed, ‘and if you believe that, it’s okay with me’.
“He just couldn’t say, I stand corrected, could he? What a sorry excuse for a president.”
With a third adding: “It’s okay to be wrong and be corrected. Accept it! We all have tons of moments like that. But. 40% from the U.S. is still too much.”
During his visit Macron also said that a truce between the two nations, Ukraine and Russia, could be agreed in the coming weeks but said that the peace deals ‘must not be a surrender of Ukraine’.
Trump has echoed a similar sentiment but has been more concerned about the cost the war is having on Americans rather than potential concession of giving up land.
