Macron Tarmac Video Reignites as Reporter Links 2025 Scene to Farahani Messages

Overview

• Paris Match journalist Florian Tardif, whose book was released Wednesday, alleges the viral 2025 airport moment followed tensions over Emmanuel Macron’s ‘platonic’ message exchanges with actress Golshifteh Farahani.
• Tardif says the messages included lines such as “I find you very pretty,” and he argues he corroborated this version before publication.
• Brigitte Macron’s entourage rejects the account and says she does not check the president’s phone, noting she directly denied this to the author on March 5.
• The Élysée has long denied any domestic dispute and described the scene as playful teasing, after initially floating the idea that the clip might be AI-altered.
• The video from May 2025 in Hanoi showed Brigitte Macron pushing a hand toward the president’s face, Farahani dismissed similar rumors in summer 2025, and no independent evidence has been made public to settle the competing stories.