New book reignites rumours of relationship between French president and Iranian actress

Published on 14/05/2026 - 12:42 GMT+2

The work connected Wednesday of a publication astir France's President Emmanuel Macron and his woman Brigitte has reignited rumours of a narration betwixt the French person and Iranian histrion Golshifteh Farahani.

According to Paris Match writer Florian Tardif, writer of the publication "Un mates (presque) parfait", an evident slap successful the look Macron received by the First Lady connected their accomplishment successful Vietnam past May, was linked to the alleged relationship.

Speaking to the broadcaster RTL, the writer claims that Macron and Golshifteh Farahani had "a platonic relationship".

"That's what I've been told implicit and implicit again by their entourage", helium said.

According to Tardif, the Head of State allegedly sent the connection "I find you precise pretty" to the actress.

This connection speech is said to person led to "tensions wrong the couple," culminating successful the evident slap conscionable earlier the brace near the statesmanlike level successful Hanoi.

People adjacent to Brigitte Macron formally denied this mentation to the diary Le Parisien.

"Brigitte Macron categorically denied this communicative straight to the writer connected 5 March, specifying that she ne'er looked into her husband's mobile phone".

'You person to fto rumours pass,' Golshifteh Farahani says

The Iranian histrion has spoken retired respective times successful the French media connected the taxable since the archetypal rumour of an matter with Emmanuel Macron appeared connected Iranian accounts connected the X societal media platform.

"It comes successful waves, it appears, disappears...I watch, I observe: what tin I do? It doesn't adjacent get connected my nerves. What's the point? "The question is, wherefore are radical funny successful this benignant of story? I deliberation there's a deficiency of emotion successful immoderate radical and they request to make romances similar this to capable it," Farahani said.

She besides explained that she had spent galore months successful Vancouver and past successful the Amazon, acold from Paris and immoderate expected proximity to Macron.

Golshifteh Farahani has been a exile successful France since 2008, aft being harassed successful Iran for her relation successful the movie "Body of Lies."

For respective years, the histrion has been committed to the visibility and state of Iranian women.