Brigitte Macron denies claims she slapped French President over actress messages

NEW: Brigitte Macron representative denies new claim that she slapped her husband after she found a message on his phone with an Iranian actress.

The statement from the French first lady comes after a new book made the allegations.

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Brigitte Macron representative denies new claim that she slapped her husband after she found a message on his phone with an Iranian actress.

The statement from the French first lady comes after a new book made the allegations.

“I find you very pretty,” Macron said to 42-year-old Golshifteh Farahani, according to journalist Florian Tardif.

The pair had a “platonic relationship” for multiple months, according to Le Parisien.

“What hurt Brigitte was not so much the contents of the message as what it hinted at: a possibility … nothing tangible or that could really be denounced but the idea alone … was enough,” the book says.

“[Brigitte] saw herself being erased,” a friend allegedly said.

A representative for Brigitte has responded to the claims, saying she never looks at her husband’s phone.

“Brigitte Macron categorically denied this account directly to the author on March 5th, specifying that she never looks at her husband’s mobile phone.”