Brigitte Macron hires and fires? Book claims she vets staff, removed a 'seductive' intern in her 20s
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Brigitte Macron fired a young female intern to keep her away from her husband, writer claims. Photograph: (AFP)
Brigitte Macron got young female advisers fired from the Elysée Palace to keep them away from her husband, and vets every candidate during the hiring process. The claim has been made by the author of a new book on the French power couple.
Florian Tardif, who has released a tell-all book on the French power couple - Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron - says the First Lady has the last say on recruitments for positions at the Elysée. Titled ‘Un Couple (Presque) Parfait — An (Almost) Perfect Couple’, the book is topping bestseller charts. Tardiff told Les Grandes Gueules that the 73-year-old got rid of a female intern in her twenties, because she "used seduction to get what she wanted: a job in the Élysée Palace." The woman has been named ‘Scheherazade’ in the biography. She also removed another female adviser from the palace a few years later, an official reportedly told Tardiff. "There are advisors applying for positions at the Élysée. And in the HR process, the final interview is with the first lady. She’s wary," the political journalist said. He claimed that one time she declared, "Her, she’s not getting in" after getting a look at one of Macron’s advisers’ phones.
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Earlier, Tardiff spoke about Macron and his proximity to Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, whom he allegedly addressed as "jolie" (pretty) and "magnifique" (magnificent) in text messages. The writer said that she was the reason for the viral push in the face that the world saw Brigitte delivering Macron on the airplane at the Hanoi airport last year. During a radio interview, Tardiff said she was angry after getting a peek at the messages her husband and Farahani allegedly exchanged. "What happened is that she [Brigitte Macron], saw a message from a well-known figure. An Iranian actress, Golshifteh Farahani," he said. Tardiff described it as a "classic couple's scene". Meanwhile, Macron dismissed the episode as "nothing" at the time and said he was "bickering, or rather joking, with my wife".
Tardiff claims that this is the truth, and he "verified" the incident and everything in his book is based on facts. The writer also said that Macron had a "platonic" relationship with the actress for a few months and sent her "messages that went quite far". He allegedly wrote in one of the messages, "I find you very pretty." Brigitte saw this, which led to a heated argument between the couple. Just as they were supposed to deboard the plane, Macron thought it was over, but apparently, it was not. And so, they had one last tiff, which became a public spectacle, which even President Donald Trump joked about.
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