Copyright sportskeeda
Candace Owens voiced her frustration following reports that French First Lady Brigitte Macron’s tax file identified her as a man. The controversy emerged in a post shared by X user The General on October 25, 2025.The post was captioned:“French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Macron discovered that her tax account on France’s official government website listed her as a male under the name “Jean-Michel.”The General @GeneralMCNewsLINKBREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Macron discovered that her tax account on France’s official government website listed her as a male under the name “Jean-Michel.”On October 26, 2025, Owens reposted The General’s X post with her reaction to this newsShe criticized the explanation given by the Élysée Palace, which suggested the account may have been hacked. The political commentator and podcaster highlighted the inconsistency in the palace’s claim, noting that it is supposedly impossible to modify account names, leaving questions about how such a hack could have occurred.“The excuse the Elysees palace has concocted is they suspect her account may have been hacked—yet they confess it’s impossible to modify account names so they are unsure how such a hack might have occurred. I’m honestly so sick of this dude,” Candace Owens wrote.What else do we know about the cyber attack targeting Brigitte Macron?French President Macron Hosts Counterparts Attending Generation Equality Forum - Source: GettyBrigitte Macron was reportedly targeted in a cyberattack that altered her personal tax records, a French government official confirmed.According to a Telegraph report dated October 26, 2025, a team of hackers had changed Macron’s legal name to a male identity, feeding into longstanding rumors and conspiracy theories questioning her gender. This conspiracy theory suggested that Mrs Macron was born male under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux.However, according to publicly available information, her maiden name was Trogneux, and she has a brother named Jean-Michel.The chief of staff of Macron, Tristan Bromet, recently addressed the controversy over Macron’s official tax account name on the French government website, which had listed her as a male under the name Jean-Michel. He stated that it was part of a smear campaign against her.According to the Telegraph report, Bromet claimed that the smear campaign had escalated to hacking her tax account, and reportedly altering her name to read:“Jean-Michel, known as Brigitte Macron.”Mr Bromet also recounted how Mrs Macron was shocked when she discovered the alteration. He explained that both he and Mrs Macron were surprised by the incident, emphasizing that the section of the tax account targeted by the hackers was a username field that “can’t be changed” by users.“We were completely surprised,” Mr Bromet, who had worked with Mrs Macron since 2017, said.He further added:“I tried it again with her, and sure enough. It’s a section reserved for your username, so it can’t be changed.”Following the discovery, Mrs Macron filed an official complaint. Authorities later identified two individuals involved in the hack, though Bromet did not specify when the incident had taken place.According to the Telegraph report, Bromet’s interview was part of a documentary broadcast on Sunday night, October 26, released just ahead of a trial in Paris involving ten people accused of sexist cyberbullying against Brigitte Macron.Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron file a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron (Image via Getty Images)Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed a defamation lawsuit against political commentator Candace Owens, accusing her of leading a prolonged smear campaign built on false conspiracy theories.On July 23, 2025, the Macrons took legal action in Delaware Superior Court, citing 22 counts of defamation. Their complaint alleged that Owens waged a “relentless year-long campaign of defamation,” repeatedly asserting that Brigitte Macron was secretly a man.The controversy stemmed from Candace Owens’ own public statements, which formed the backbone of the lawsuit.On March 12, 2024, Owens posted on X (formerly Twitter) that she was willing to risk her professional credibility to push the claim about Brigitte Macron’s gender.“I would stake my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man… I have never seen anything like this in my life. The implications here are terrifying,” Candace Owens wrote on X.Candace Owens @RealCandaceOLINKThis episode is blowing up so I just want to say—After looking into this, I would stake my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man. Any journalist or publication that is trying to dismiss this plausibility is immediately identifiable as establishment. I have never seen anything like this in my life. The implications here are terrifying. I do not intend to let up on this story and I am calling on other journalists to look into this explosive story and report accordingly.Nearly a year later, in February 2025, Candace Owens intensified her campaign by launching an eight-part podcast titled “Becoming Brigitte: An Investigative Series.” In the debut episode of this podcast series, she alleged that the French First Lady had been born as Jean-Michel Trogneux.After Owens released the series, the Macrons filed their lawsuit. The Macrons’ attorney, Tom Clare, explained that the couple had spent nearly a year requesting that Owens retract her claims. Clare described the lawsuit as a “last resort” after Owens failed to comply.In response, Candace Owens posted a video on her YouTube channel on July 24, 2025, in which she dismissed the lawsuit as “an obvious and desperate public relations strategy” and challenged Macron to provide biological proof.The trial involving Brigitte Macron began on Monday, October 27. Eight men and two women are set to face allegations of sexist cyberbullying against the French First Lady. Brigitte Macron, 72, is not expected to appear in court.On the other hand, Candace Owens has been busy with her eponymous podcast. Beyond her July 24, 2025, video, she has frequently addressed various aspects of the lawsuit in multiple videos on her channel.
