Brigitte Macron is reportedly going to provide ‘scientific evidence’ to prove that she is a woman as a feud with Candace Owens continues.
According to the couple’s lawyer, the 72-year-old wife of French President Emmanuel Macron will submit the evidence as part of a defamation suit they launched against the right-wing American commentator.
It comes after Ms Owens said she would stake her "entire professional reputation" on a false claim that Ms Macron was born a man.
Speaking on the BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast, Macron’s lawyer Tom Clare said the ordeal had been “incredibly upsetting” but that Ms Macron is prepared to “set a record straight and stop this.”
"I don't want to suggest that it somehow has thrown him off his game,” Mr Clare said. “But just like anybody who is juggling a career and a family life as well, when your family is under attack, it wears on you. And he's not immune from that because he's the president of a country.”
He added that "expert testimony that will come out that will be scientific in nature."
During the podcast, Mr Clare was also asked if pictures of Brigitte when pregnant would be supplied, with the lead counsel saying this existed and would be presented in court as per rules and standards.
The lawyer also added: “If that unpleasantness and that discomfort that she has of opening herself up in that way is what it takes to set a record straight and stop this, she's 100% ready to meet that burden."
The couple had initially launched their suit against Ms Owens in July after the outspoken right-wing influencer repeated a false conspiracy that Ms Macron had been born male.
It stems from claims made in 2021 by two women who claimed on a YouTube video that questioned the French first lady’s history and gender.
So who is Brigitte Macron? Here is all we know:
Who is Brigitte Macron?
Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron is a former school teacher and the wife of the French President, Emmanuel Macron.
The couple, both from Amiens in northern France, have been married since 2007. They live together at Élysée Palace, the official presidential residence.
Brigitte has an MA degree and a teaching qualification in French language and literature. She worked in Paris and Strasbourg, before returning to Amiens in 1991.
She began teaching at Lycée Saint-Louis de Gonzague, a prestigious private school in Paris, in 2007, before retiring in 2015.
Brigitte is chair of the LIVE association, which supports people over 25 who are not in employment or education, and she is also the chair of the Hospitals of Paris-Hospitals of France Foundation.
Her family are the five-generation owners of Chocolaterie Trogneux, now known as Jean Trogneux, a chocolatiers based in Amiens.
How old is Brigitte Macron?
Brigitte Macron was born on April 13, 1953, making her 72 years old. Her husband, Emmanuel Macron, is 47 years old, born on December 21, 1977.
There is a 24 year age gap between Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron.
Did Macron marry his teacher?
Macron met his future wife when he was just 15 years old, as a student at La Providence High School, where Brigitte Trogneux, then 39, worked as a teacher.
Although Macron was not in her class, they met while working on a school play together.
Macron’s parents allegedly attempted to separate the couple by sending him to Paris to finish his schooling, however the couple reunited once Macron had graduated.
Does Emmanuel Macron have children?
Emmanuel has three step-children through his marriage to Brigitte, though they do not have children together.
Brigitte was once married to André-Louis Auzièr, with whom she shares three children: Sébastien Auzière (born 1975), Laurence Auzière-Jourdan (born 1977), and Tiphaine Auzière (born 1984). Laurence was a classmate of her now-stepfather, Emmanuel.
