Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to submit photographic and scientific evidence in a U.S. court to prove that Mrs. Macron is a woman.
Their lawyer stated that the French president and his wife will present this “documentation” in a defamation lawsuit they have filed against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, after she claimed that Brigitte Macron had been born male.
Owens’s attorneys have responded with a motion to dismiss the case.
Speaking on the Fame Under Fire podcast, the couple’s attorney in this matter, Tom Clare, said that Brigitte found the allegations “extremely disturbing,” adding that they served as a “distraction” for the French president.
When asked whether the Macron family would provide photographs of Brigitte pregnant and raising her children, Clare confirmed that such materials exist and would be submitted to the court in line with all rules and standards.
Owens, a former commentator for the U.S. conservative outlet Daily Wire, with millions of followers on social media, has repeatedly promoted the view that Brigitte Macron is a man.
In March 2024, she claimed she was willing to risk “her entire professional reputation” on this allegation.
The accusation originated years earlier in online fringe spaces, particularly through a 2021 YouTube video by French bloggers Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey.
Initially, the Macron family won a defamation case in France against Roy and Rey in 2024, but that ruling was overturned on appeal in 2025 on the grounds of freedom of expression, not on the basis of truth. The Macron family is currently appealing that decision.
