Lip reader reveals what French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte said moments after shoving him in the face

French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife uttered a scathing four-word remark just moments after shoving him in the face, a lip reader has revealed. 

Shocking footage showed Brigitte Macron, 72, place both hands on her husband’s face before shoving him firmly just moments after the president’s plane door opened upon arrival in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on Sunday evening, May 25. 

A professional lip reader has now decoded the shocking exchange. 

“As the aircraft door opens, President Macron is seen turning toward Brigitte. In an unexpected moment, she pushes him in the face,” a lip reader told The Express. 

After the door opened and Macron noticed that the cameras were on him, he then said “Hi” before raising his hand. 

“Emmanuel then steps closer to Brigitte before composing himself and crossing to the other side. 

Moments later, he signals for her to follow him with, ‘Let’s go,’” the lip reader said. 

“He thanks the pilot and waves at the cameras, trying to recover the public-facing image.” 

“But at the top of the stairs, things turn icy again. He offers his arm; she ignores it, choosing to cling to the railing instead. As she passes, she appears to mutter, ‘Dégage, espèce de loser,’ translated in English, ‘Stay away, you loser.’” 

Moments later, the lip reader claims Macron said, “Essayons, s’il te plaît” — which translated to, “Let’s try, please?” 

Brigitte then responds, “Non.” This means “no”.

“His closing expression, and the phrase lipread as ‘Je vois,’ translated in english “I see” says it all,” the lip reader went on. 

Immediately after the shove, Macron, 47, appears startled but quickly recovers when he realises he is in the public’s view. 

Brigitte then didn’t take her husband’s proffered arm when making her way down the staircase, where Vietnamese officials greeted them. 

The French leader’s office initially denied the authenticity of the footage, but eventually confirmed it was genuine. 

The president has since tried to downplay the ordeal. 

“We are squabbling and, rather, joking with my wife,” Macron said Monday, adding that the incident was being overblown into “a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe” by his enemies. 

“People are saying all sorts of nonsense. Everyone needs to calm down,” he added. 

The duo, who have been married since 2007, first met in 1993 when Brigitte was a 40-year-old high school teacher and Emmanuel was her 15-year-old student and a classmate of her daughter.