Slowly did not analyze the viral slap of the decade – her hand Brigitte Macron ‘Landed’ on his face Emmanuel Macron – Specialist in body language.
THE Emmanuel Macron betrayed his real feelings when Brigitte Macron’s wife exercised violence against himin a “shocking” incident in front of media from the world, as a body language expert revealed.
The French President seemed to tighten one of his hand in a fist As he landed by the plane carrying them to Vietnam, a few minutes after his arrival in the country on Sunday night (25.05.2025), Judi James said.
Speaking today to reporters in Hanoi, Macron wanted to downgrade the event, insisting that they were joking. ‘We were joking with my wife as someone does it quite often’he said, adding that the incident is exaggerated: “It has become a kind of geeccan disaster.”
However, James told the Daily Mail that The interaction is far from a “playful” teasing moment between a wife and a wife, such as Macron and his close circle, tried to present it.
«I would not characterize the gesture we saw from the inside of the plane as a “game”, as he himself argued“, He said.
“Pushing your partner on the face with your hand so loudly that his head turns to the side and needs to reach out his hand to keep his balance, especially with what looks like an additional” push “at the end of the contact should not be smooth by just saying it.
Earlier on Monday, Elise’s official said of the video: “It was a time when the president and his wife last relaxed before the start of the trip, making a joke … It was a moment of intimacy. “
The video with the fight on the plane first It was described as fake by Macron’s office, but then confirmed to be authentic.
A close associate of the president described the incident as an innocent “fight” between the couple.
In the video of the Associated Press, Brigitt’s hands appear to come out of the left of the open door, to They touch her husband’s face and push it.
The president appears surprised, but quickly meets and turns to greet through the open door.
The president seems surprised but quickly recovering and greeting through the open door.
Brigitte remains hidden from the body of the aircraft, so the facial expression or body language does not appear.
The couple then descends the staircase for the official reception by the Vietnamese officials, but Brigitte Macron does not accept her husband’s hand.
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Macron It then appears with a tight fist as the couple is removed from the corridor area.
Analyzing the video, James said: “Inevitably some will turn it into a” funny “, but I find it really shocking and I would say the same if it was any other couple on the street, no matter who did what.”
He stressed that the claims that ‘Joking’ are not reflected in body language.
“There is no continuation of a common laughter, smile or ritual of teasing, (…) but he also seems to touch his face in a control move,” he said.
“If the hand were his own and his face, would we call it ‘playful’? So it should not be said either when it is done by him. “
Added that, although the video is not absolutely clean, it seems that Brigitte She used both her hands, something that “could easily make him lose his balance and stumble.”
When the couple descends together the steps of the plane, ‘He seems to tend his hand to her … but they walk with no other contact».