During the program “Les Rencontres du Papotin”, broadcast on Saturday January 7 on France 2, Emmanuel Macron answered a question about his deceased grandmother. A moment that visibly upset him.
Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy played the game before him, in 2002 and 2015. Guest of the show The Papotin Meetingsbroadcast Saturday, January 7 on France 2, Emmanuel Macron answered a series of questions, sometimes very intimate, posed by lay journalists with autism spectrum disorders. During this exercise, which lasted about thirty minutes, the Head of State was questioned in particular about his relationship with his wife, Brigitte Macron, whom his parents also “evil” perceived at the birth of their couple. The president also answered an equally personal question, which concerned another person who was very dear to him: his deceased grandmother, whom he nicknamed “Manette”.
“Do you miss Manette?” indeed asked Sébastien, one of the journalists in attendance. Intrigued by the fact that his interlocutor knows the nickname of his grandmother, Emmanuel Macron replied: “How do you know her?” It was then that Sébastien spoke about his own great-grandfather, whom he unfortunately lost in 2021. This discussion on the ancestors allowed Emmanuel Macron to speak more extensively about his grandmother. “I miss her“he first confided, visibly very moved.
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“selfless love”
“She took great care of me. When I was little, then when I was a teenager”he continued, before praising “I’selfless love“ given to him by his grandmother. “She gave me her love and her time, and I don’t think she ever expected anything in return.“, detailed Emmanuel Macron. Grateful, the President of the Republic then concluded by referring to the kindness and benevolence of the one he called “Manette”: “As soon as you do something, there’s a weird thing that happens: you know someone cares about you.”