This March 8, 2024, while presiding over the ceremony of sealing the right to abortion in the Constitution, in the presence of the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, at Place Vendôme, the Head of State, Emmanuel Macron honored 10 women – Françoise Giroud, Gisèle Halimi, Joséphine Baker and Simone Veil. And because this historic day coincided with Women’s Day, on this same day, he did not forget his…
“They have caramel in their heads“
On site, TF1 journalist Paul Larrouturou asked him what his worst memory had been in terms of a macho and sexist attack against women and in particular the one who shares his life. And for the very first time, Emmanuel Macron spoke about the conspiracy theories that had spread concerning his wife, Brigitte Macron… To those who said and peddled on social networks that she was a man, named Jean -Michel Trogneux, he replied: “they have caramel in their heads“.
Brigitte Macron counterattacks
The hashtag #JeanMichelTrogneux appeared for the first time on Twitter on November 1, 2021, and peaked in December of the same year. AFP noted 68,300 retweets and more than 174,000 likes at this time. And the response from the main person concerned did not take long…
In February 2022, the First Lady and her family summoned two women before the Paris judicial court for spreading these false rumors on the Internet. Very saddened by this ignominious fake news, the First Lady still counterattacked.
She estimated on RTL, facing Alba Ventura, at the time: “If I don’t go, if I don’t do anything when I’ve been against harassment for four years, I won’t be heard. People will tell me you, you don’t do anything“. And that’s probably why we haven’t heard from her husband on this topic since then.
[Exclu @TF1Info] Asked about the worst sexist attacks against women today #8 March Emmanuel Macron mentions for the first time the conspiracy theorists who spread that Brigitte Macron is a man: “they have caramel in their heads”. Full answer to follow on @TF1Infopic.twitter.com/Dwy48Nwo2t
— Paul Larrouturou (@PaulLarrouturou) March 8, 2024
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