Overview
- AFP, citing the first lady’s entourage, reported she had left-eye retinal surgery last Friday and that the operation went well.
- Paris Match published video showing her FaceTiming into daughter Laurence Auzière’s exhibition during the Interdee show at Paris’s Hôtel Marois.
- In the call, she appeared in tinted glasses and referenced an operation, while participating from the Élysée Palace.
- Laurence Auzière told attendees her mother may not leave the house and cannot travel, explaining the remote appearance.
- BILD characterized the procedure as an emergency, a version echoed by entertainment coverage, contrasting with AFP’s account.