THE NEW YORK TIMES: Brigitte Macron used a slur to criticize protesters who had interrupted a show by a French comedian accused of rape in 2021, in a case that was dismissed.
Brigitte Macron, the first lady of France, faced widespread criticism on Tuesday after a video emerged of her speaking demeaningly of feminist protesters.
The video has prompted a growing outcry from French politicians and other commentators, in part because Ms. Macron’s husband, President Emmanuel Macron, has long presented the battle for women’s equality as a key priority.
The video showed Ms. Macron chatting privately on Sunday backstage at a theater with a French comedian, Ary Abittan, and using a term that roughly translates to “stupid bitches” to describe activists who had disrupted the comedian’s show the day before.
Ms. Macron used the term while jokingly vowing to protect the comedian if the protesters returned. The video of their conversation appeared to have been filmed by a bystander. » | Ségolène Le Stradic | Reporting from Paris | Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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