Conservative firebrand Candace Owens has claimed that French President Emmanuel Macron personally urged Donald Trump to stop her from discussing his wife, Brigitte Macron, as the French couple files a sweeping defamation lawsuit in the United States.
At the centre of the legal battle is a widely discredited conspiracy theory alleging that France’s First Lady was born male — a claim Owens has repeatedly amplified in her media appearances.
The lawsuit stems from Candace’s wild conspiracy theories about how Brigitte Macron, Macron’s wife, was allegedly born as a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.
Why She Believes She Is Being ‘Silenced’
In a podcast with Tucker Carlson–yet another popular conservative commentator–Owens claims that Macron reportedly took Trump aside during negotiations over the Ukraine-Russia conflict and urged Trump to silence Owens, specifically to stop her from discussing Brigitte Macron.
Owens was contacted urgently, within an hour of Macron’s departure from DC., by intermediaries close to Trump, signalling the high stakes and unusual nature of this intervention.
‘Emmanuel Macron personally flew to DC. and asked Trump… to ask me… to shut up, to just stop speaking about his wife,’ she remarked. ‘This is the true face of diplomacy.’
Owens’ Defends’ Claims on Brigitte Conspiracy
Owens explains that her work is based on extensive research, including a book by French journalist Xavier Poussard, who allegedly faced harassment and legal challenges in France for investigating the background of the Macron family.
Owens also highlights that the French government, under Macron, has filed a massive, 200-page lawsuit against her, which she interprets as a strategic move designed more for public relations intimidation than for a genuine legal battle.