French President Emmanuel Macron, 46, fires back for first time at claims wife, 70, was born a man
BySocial Links forDana Kennedy
Published March 9, 20
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3French president Emmanuel Macron hit back angrily at rumors in right-wing circles that his wife, Brigitte, is trans and was born a man.REUTERS
French President Emmanuel Macron has angrily hit back at longstanding conspiracy theories that his 70-year-old wife Brigitte was born a man and is transgender, calling them “false and fabricated.”
Macron, 46, was unusually candid and emotional about the ongoing speculation in certain right-wing circles about Brigitte Macron, whom he married in 2007.
“The worst thing is the false information and fabricated scenarios,” Macron said at an International Women’s Day event in Paris Friday after he guaranteed the right to abortion in France’s Constitution.
“People eventually believe them and disturb you, even in your intimacy.”
Brigitte’s lookalike daughter, attorney Tiphaine Auzaine, 40, who rarely gives interviews, also addressed the painful rumors in an interview late last month in Paris Match.
French president Emmanuel Macron hit back angrily at rumors in right-wing circles that his wife, Brigitte, is trans and was born a man. REUTERS
“I have concerns about the level of society when I hear what is circulating on social networks about my mother being a man,” Auzaine told the outlet.
“The confidence of what is affirmed and the credit given to what is proclaimed. Anyone can say anything about anyone, and it takes time to get it taken down.”
The erroneous speculation came to a head last summer, when a court in Normandy, France, handed down a judgment in a defamation lawsuit against two French women, Amandine Roy, 52, a psychic and Natacha Rey, 48, a self-described freelance journalist, according to the Daily Mail.
Tiphaine Auzière, daughter of French first lady Brigitte Macron, told Paris Match how upsetting the rumors have been about her mother. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Both claimed in a since-deleted four-hour YouTube video in 2021 that Brigitte Macron was born as a baby boy called Jean-Michel Trogneux in 1953 — but that is actually the name of the first lady’s brother.
The women also alleged that Brigitte Macron’s first husband, André-Louis Auzière, had never actually existed before he died in 2019 at age 68, the Daily Mail reported.
Rey claimed that Jean-Louis Auzière, André-Louis’ uncle, had forged administrative documents to hide that his wife had given birth to all of Brigitte’s three children, including Tiphaine Auzière, the outlet added.
The Macrons first met when Brigitte, then 40, taught drama at the Catholic Providence school in Amiens. The future president was 15 — and her daughter Laurence was his classmate. AFP via Getty Images
Following appeals, Roy was fined the equivalent of just under $1,000 and Rey had to pay about $500.
The Macrons first met when Brigitte, then 40, taught drama at the Catholic Providence school in Amiens. The future president was 15 — and her daughter Laurence was his classmate.
Though the French age of consent is 15, Brigitte was concerned about her relationship with Macron and how it would affect her kids.
“I took time so I would not wreck their lives,” Brigitte told Paris Match last year.
“That lasted 10 years, the time to put them on the rails. You can imagine what they were hearing. But I didn’t want to miss out on my life.”
Once the couple tied the note in 2007, Emmanuel, then-29, he told his three stepchildren, “Thanks for accepting us, a not-quite-normal couple.”
