French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife are going viral.
On Sunday (May 25), Emmanuel, 47, and First Lady Brigitte Macron arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam at the start of their Southeast Asia Tour.
After arriving at the airport, the door to the presidential plane was open and as Emmanuel walked into view, a hand was seen reaching out and shoving him in the face, as seen in a video shared by the BBC.
Keep reading to find out more…Brigitte, 72, then comes into view of the camera while wearing a red jacket. The person that shoved Emmanuel was also seen wearing a red jacket.
Despite Emmanuel initially appearing a little surprised by the push, he quickly composed himself before he and Brigitte departed the plane together.
After the video went viral, the Elysée Palace initially denied the accuracy of the video, according to French outlet Le Figaro. However, they have since downplayed the incident.
“It was a moment when the president and his wife were relaxing one last time before the start of the trip by having a laugh,” a palace official shared, per Reuters. “It was a moment of closeness.”
While stepping out on Monday (May 26), Emmanuel told reporter that he and Brigitte, whom he has been married to since 2007, were “just joking about as we do.”
“We are bickering and joking with my wife, and a video becomes a sort of geoplanetary catastrophe,” Emmanuel said, according to ABC News. “In the world we live in, we don’t have a lot of time to lose” on discussing such topics.
Source: justjared.com