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Emmanuel Macron Blames 'Homophobia' and 'Misogyny' For Obsession With His Older Wife

Emmanuel Macron blamed misogyny and homophobia for speculation about the validity of his relationship with his wife Brigitte, who is 24 years older than him. He said that if their age difference was reversed, with him being the older one, then nobody would question whether the relationship was possible or tenable. Macron also addressed rumors about his sexuality, saying there is rampant homophobia in portraying his sexuality as something shameful. He believes much of the criticism of his marriage stems from holding traditional and homogeneous views of relationships and society.

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Emmanuel Macron Blames 'Homophobia' and 'Misogyny' For Obsession With His Older Wife

Emmanuel Macron blamed misogyny and homophobia for speculation about the validity of his relationship with his wife Brigitte, who is 24 years older than him. He said that if their age difference was reversed, with him being the older one, then nobody would question whether the relationship was possible or tenable. Macron also addressed rumors about his sexuality, saying there is rampant homophobia in portraying his sexuality as something shameful. He believes much of the criticism of his marriage stems from holding traditional and homogeneous views of relationships and society.

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Emmanuel Macron

blames 'homophobia' and


'misogyny' for obsession
with his older wife
New French President claims that if his wife was 20 years
younger than him, nobody would question their relationship
The newly-elected President of France claimed that misogyny and
homophobia were to blame for assumptions that he could not be
in love with his wife who is 24 years his senior.

Speaking to Le Parisien newspaper, Emmanuel Macron addressed


speculations about his sexuality and what he described as
parallel lives people had attached to him.

Mr Macron said that if his wife was younger than him, nobody
would question the validity of their relationship.

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If I had been 20 years older than my wife, nobody would have
thought for a single second that I couldnt be [an intimate
partner], he said.

Its because she is 20 years older than me that lots of people


say, This [relationship] cant be tenable, it cant be possible.

Reports concerning his relationship, he claimed, were due to


misogyny and people ascribing to traditional, homogenous
views about society.

Mr Macron first met his wife, Brigitte Trogneux, when he was a 15-
year-old drama student. They developed a closer relationship
when they worked together to re-write a play.
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The couple married in 2007, when he was almost 30 and she was
54. During the presidential campaign, Ms Macron has been a
constant figure by his side.

A new biography of the politician revealed that the teenagers


parents were shocked when they discovered he had started an
affair with his married school teacher.

Mr Macron, who beat Front National candidate Marine Le Pen at


the weekend with 66.1 per cent of the vote, also addressed
rumours that he was gay.

He claimed there was rampant homophobia as people would


accuse him of being a homosexual as if it was a stain or a
hidden disease.

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Mr Macron said that people who peddled or accepted such


rumours had lost their sense of reality and had a big problem
with homosexuality.

There is a big problem with the presentation of society and [how


they see] the place of women, he added.

The President said such rumours about him were also


destabilising for those who were closest to him and he was
sad that politics was not more civilised.

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