{"id":4951,"date":"2025-12-10T06:47:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2025-12-10T06:47:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:47:35","slug":"brigitte-macron-faces-criticism-after-using-sexist-insult-about-activists-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4951","title":{"rendered":"Brigitte Macron faces criticism after using sexist insult about activists | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The French first lady\u2019s team says she had intended to criticise a feminist group\u2019s \u2018radical method\u2019 of protest.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 9 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">9 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>French First Lady Brigitte Macron is facing criticism after a video emerged of her using a sexist slur against feminist activists who disrupted the show of an actor-comedian once accused of rape.<\/p>\n<p>Macron\u2019s team said on Tuesday that she had intended to criticise their \u201cradical method\u201d of protest.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The scene filmed on Sunday showed France\u2019s first lady in discussion backstage at the Folies Berg\u00e8re theatre in central Paris with actor Ary Abittan before a performance he was about to give.<\/p>\n<p>The previous night, feminist campaigners had disrupted his show, wearing masks of the actor bearing the word \u201crapist\u201d and shouting, \u201cAbittan, rapist!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A woman in 2021 accused the actor of rape, but in 2023, investigators dropped the case, citing a lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Before Sunday\u2019s performance, Macron is seen in the video, published by local media Public on Monday, asking him how he was feeling. When he said he was feeling scared, Macron was heard jokingly responding, using a vulgar expression in French, \u201cIf there are any stupid bitches, we\u2019ll kick them out\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"activists-embrace-macron-s-insult\">Activists embrace Macron\u2019s insult<\/h2>\n<p>The feminist campaign group \u201cNous Toutes\u201d (\u201cAll of Us\u201d) said its activists disrupted Abittan\u2019s show to protest what it described as \u201cthe culture of impunity\u201d around sexual violence in France.<\/p>\n<p>The group later turned the insult into a hashtag on social media, #sallesconnes, and many shared it in a show of support.<\/p>\n<p>Among those was actor Judith Godreche, who has become a feminist icon since accusing two directors of sexually abusing her when she was a minor and calling for an end to such behaviour in France\u2019s cultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe too are stupid bitches,\u201d she posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>An activist who took part in the action, and who gave the pseudonym of Gwen to avoid repercussions, said the collective was \u201cprofoundly shocked and scandalised\u201d by Macron\u2019s language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s yet another insult to victims and feminist groups,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSDbQfHDLG_\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The first lady\u2019s team argued her words should be seen as \u201ca critique of the radical method employed by those who disrupted the show\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>France has been rocked by a series of accusations of rape and sexual assault against well-known cultural figures in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Screen icon Gerard Depardieu was convicted in May of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021, and is to stand trial charged with raping an actor in 2018. He denies any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron in 2023 had expressed admiration for Depardieu, saying\u00a0 at the time the actor was the target of a \u201cmanhunt\u201d and that he stood behind the presumption of innocence.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of President Macron on the left wing of French politics criticised his wife\u2019s use of a sexist slur, and some said she should apologise.<\/p>\n<p>The critics included former French President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande. Speaking to broadcaster RTL, Hollande said: \u201cThere\u2019s a problem of vulgarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But on the French far-right, National Rally lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy said Brigitte Macron\u2019s comments were delivered in private and \u201cstolen\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf each of us were filmed backstage saying things with friends, I think there would be plenty to comment on,\u201d he told broadcaster BFMTV. \u201cAll of this is very hypocritical.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French first lady\u2019s team says she had intended to criticise a feminist group\u2019s \u2018radical method\u2019 of protest. 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