This Wednesday, November 15, 2023, Brigitte Macron spoke in the columns of Paris Match. The opportunity to discuss his influence on Emmanuel Macron but also to reveal the main obstacle to their relationship: his children. The first lady confides that she took the time necessary to have her romance accepted.
A love that disturbs. This Wednesday, November 15, 2023, Brigitte Macron gave a long interview to our colleagues from Paris Match. Without filter, the first lady opened the doors to the intimacy of the presidential couple. The opportunity to learn more about the sporting and rigorous routine that Emmanuel Macron’s wife imposes on herself, her degree of influence on the Head of State but also the beginnings of their relationship. The couple actually encountered difficulties in having their love accepted despite the 24 years that separate the two lovebirds.
If the families of Brigitte Macron and Emmanuel Macron today perfectly accept their relationship, everything was not so simple at the start, remembers the literature professor. And the loss of a loved one that occurred at the time didn’t help the situation. “It was a mess in my head. At the time of my father’s death, I was caught in an internal hurricane”explains Brigitte Macron in the columns of Paris Match.
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Brigitte Macron: “I didn’t want to miss out on my life”
Perceiving their age difference as “crippling”, Brigitte Macron said she was convinced that her student would end up forgetting her. “Emmanuel had to go to Paris. I told myself he was going to fall in love with someone his age. That didn’t happen. For my part, I never did theater again at La Providence… The only obstacle was my children”she confides to our colleagues. A siblings made up of Sébastien (48 years old), Laurence (46 years old) and Tiphaine (39 years old), fruits of a past union of Brigitte Macron with André-Louis Auzière.
As Brigitte Macron explains, it was necessary to “take time not to destroy” the lives of her children who share a close age with Emmanuel Macron, now 45 years old. An obstacle to the love of the current first lady which lasted for several years. “It lasted ten years ; time to get them on track. You can imagine what they heard… But I didn’t want to miss out on my life”admits Brigitte Macron.
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And to add: “I don’t know how my parents, who were the example of fidelity and education, would have experienced our marriage.” Despite the difficulties she may have encountered, Brigitte Macron says she does not regret her decision. Today, she is proud to have followed her heart and linked her love with Emmanuel Macron in the bonds of marriage on May 14, 2017.
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