Candace Owens has been trending on social media platform X after making a statement aimed at the wife of the French president. The controversial conservative pundit said she would bet her career on President Emmanuel Macron's wife being a man.
Speaking on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday (March 12), Candace Owens took a shot at Brigette Macron, 70, the wife of President Macron, 46, who has been the target of a conspiracy suggesting Ms Macron is not a woman.
“Having looked into this, I would bet my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man,” Owens shared with X. “Any journalist or publication that attempts to dismiss this plausibility is immediately recognized as establishment. I have never seen anything like this in my life. The consequences here are terrifying.”
As shown in Daily Mail, the allegations surrounding Mrs Macron date back to 2021 when two women, a psychic and a freelance journalist, made the accusation in a documentary. The publication adds that the root of the rumor came from a false claim published by Faits et Documents, a far-right publication shortly after President Macron was elected.
On Monday (March 11), Owens discussed the conspiracy at length on her podcast, which was no doubt inspired by comments from Tiphaine Auzière, Mrs Macron's daughter and President Macron's stepdaughter.
Auzière spoke to Paris Match newspaper to discuss the claims that her mother was born a male. Adding to this, Auzière shared that she was only 10 years old to learn that her mother was having an affair with a student who was 25 years her junior.
Owens added at the end of her tweet Tuesday that she has no plans to stop investigating the angle and called on other reporters to do the same.
At X, Candace Owens and her comments caused quite a stir. We have the reactions below.
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