The First Couple of France is Suing Right Wing Podcaster Candace Owens for Claiming the First Lady is Actually a Man. And Owens is Doubling Down on Her Claims.

Jerry Thornton7/24/2025 6:15 PM

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I don't know what it is about France exactly. But historically it's First Ladies have often been at least as famous as the men who ruled it. Napoleon had his Josephine. Louis XVI had Marie Antoinette. And the current French President Emmanuel Macron has his wife Brigitte.

She's at least as big a name around the globe as her husband. Perhaps because she's seemingly always by his side. And because she has been by his side since he was 15 and she was his 39 year old married Drama teacher:

And more recently, when she cucked her husband, the influential world leader of a major nuclear power, like they both have a Humiliation Fetish:

And most recently? Brigitte has been staying in the headlines for the wild assertion by American conservative firebrand Candace Owens that she is, in fact, a dude.

I cannot - and certainly will not - take a stance on Owens' claim. I don't know the range on those thermonuclear death rockets Macron has the codes to. But I still make it a point to avoid getting on the bad side of abused husbands who need to prove manhood by turning my house into a radioactive crater. That's my strict policy, and it's kept Stately Thornton Manor standing so far.

Nor can I speak to Owens' herself. I've seen enough of her to know she's highly intelligent and extremely verbose. She can fire off opinions while speaking with the speed of the Phalanx Anti-Missile Gun on a Navy ship. But that doesn't mean she's right. It seems like she's bounced from media company to media company. Which could mean she's too bold and willing to speak truth to power. Or that she's, like the Brits would say, an absolute nutter. I don't have the time or the inclination to find out which applies.

All I know is that Owens has been claiming The First Lady of America's oldest ally is in fact, The First Gentleman. Even producing a docuseries to lay out her case:

And while personally, the bar of crazy conspiracy theories I'm willing to at least consider as plausible has gone way, way down over the past five years, that is one hell of a wild claim to make. A modern version of the "libelles" they used to print to smear Antoinette:

Grok - The pamphlets frequently accused her of promiscuity and scandalous behavior, claiming she engaged in affairs with both men and women, including courtiers, guards, and even her brother-in-law, the Comte d'Artois. Some libelles alleged orgies at Versailles, with lurid and often pornographic depictions, such as in pamphlets like Le Godmiché Royal (The Royal Dildo).

… which is where we get the word "libel."

Which is exactly what the Macrons think her accusation is. And since they don't have the authority to lock up an American podcaster in the Bastille, they've decided to do the next best thing and lawyer up:

Source - The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte Macron, are suing the rightwing commentator Candace Owens for defamation.
In a suit filed on Wednesday in Delaware against Owens and her businesses, the Macrons say Owens has engaged in ongoing defamatory attacks against them in order to elevate her media platform, gain more audience and make money.
Owens said in early 2024 that she would “stake [her] entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man”. Since then, she has doubled down on these claims and added more, including in an eight-part podcast series called Becoming Brigitte, the lawsuit alleges.
The Macrons sought retractions from Owens, the suit says, for the “demonstrably false” claims she has made about them but she instead “mocked them and used them as additional fodder for her frenzied fan base”.

To which Owens has responded with a virtual "Bring it on. You don't want these hands, Frenchie":

… behalf of the entire world… On behalf of the entire world, I will see you in court."
Discovery in this lawsuit is going to be generational.

And this is where this story is about to go from a bizarre distraction into total farce. A three ring circus of the highest order. The spouse of a world leader going to court to prove she is, in fact, a she. And presumably to argue she always has been. With both sides relishing the fight. I can't imagine anyone saw this is the direction Western Civilization was heading, but here we are. In the capital of Bananaland.

It's the last part of the X-post with Owens' video that really hits. Because everyone loves to talk a good game about suing somebody. But civil cases require discovery. Everything about your life sees the light of day. Nothing is off limits. Whether one plaintiff might have had a penis at some point. Whether critics of the other are right and she's an unhinged crackpot who needs intensive mental health treatment. Plus all your communications regarding this matter and any evidence you might have to back up your assertions.

Which is why everyone involved might live to regret this. And makes it worth asking if the French First Couple would've just been better off giving it a good leaving alone:

Because what we have here is a classic example of The Streisand Effect. When you want a story to go away so you take it to court, you just make more people pay more attention. And buy more of your mortal enemy's t-shirts:

… than they would have if you just ignored it instead.

All any of can say with any degree of certainty is this is going to be an amazing trial. On the level of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.