French President Emmanuel Macron furiously denies ‘false’ rumours wife Brigitte was born a man

FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has branded “false and fabricated” rumours that his wife was born a man.

Macron, 47, who wed Brigitte, 70, in 2007, said the transgender claims typified misogynistic online attacks on women.

French President Emmanuel Macron denies his wife Brigitte was born as a manAFP

The politician was just 15 when he started a relationship with the then mother-of-three, his French literature teacher.

Speaking on International Women’s Day on Friday, Mr Macron said: “The worst thing is the false information and fabricated scenarios.

“People eventually believe them.”

Two women who claimed France’s First Lady was born a bloke were punished with “symbolic fines”, although these were reduced on appeal last June.

Witnesses called to court included Brigitte’s uncle Jean-Louis Auzière.

Auzière told the court: “I worked with Brigitte until the end of the 1980s, I can confirm to you that she is not a man.”

Transphobic rumours about Mrs Macron were seized upon in 2022, when the President was campaigning for re-election.

Details of the bizarre case were revived after Brigitte’s own daughter talked publicly about the accusations for the first time.

Tiphaine Auzière, 40, told Paris Match magazine: “I have concerns about the level of society when I hear what is circulating on social networks about my mother being a man.”