{"id":262331,"date":"2026-05-13T16:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=262331"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:45:40","slug":"iranian-actress-caught-in-macron-couples-row-possible-cause-of-notorious-slap-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/262331\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian actress caught in Macron couple\u2019s row; Possible cause of notorious slap revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to Tardif’s new book “(A (Nearly) Perfect Couple)”, France’s first lady slapped her husband after seeing a message on his phone from an Iranian actress.<\/p>\n

A viral video from May last year showed Brigitte Macron pushing the French president in the face as he and his wife were preparing to disembark from a plane in Vietnam. At the time, Emmanuel Macron dismissed the incident as “nothing serious,” saying the couple were simply “bickering, or rather joking.”<\/p>\n

However, Tardif’s book, which hit the shelves today, presents a rather different picture.<\/p>\n

“What happened is that she [Brigitte Macron] saw a message from a well-known figure. An Iranian actress,” Tardif said on RTL radio.<\/p>\n

He claims that Macron maintained a “platonic” relationship with the acclaimed star “for a few months”, but wrote her “messages that went quite far”, such as: “I find you very pretty.”<\/p>\n

“That’s what I’ve been told by those close to him, and that’s what I’m saying this morning,” Tardif said, insisting he has “verified” the story and that everything in his book is based on “facts.”<\/p>\n

Brigitte Macron’s representatives denied to Le Parisien on Wednesday that the scene was linked to the Iranian actress and further emphasised that the first lady would never check her husband’s phone.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"