The claim was posted by an account called The General (@GeneralMCNews) who said: “BREAKING: 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.” This post went viral with more than 8 million views as of Monday.

WHEN right-wing YouTuber Candace Owens started claiming Brigitte Macron was a man, most of the French First Lady’s fellow citizens passed it off with a very Gallic shrug. Surely her

Brigitte Macron’s daughter testified that the false claims have left the first lady battling anxiety and social humiliation.

The French first lady's daughter claimed her mom's heath has deteriorated amid the relentless abuse targeting her gender.

Brigitte Macron’s daughter has told a Paris court that false claims online that the French first lady was born a man had damaged her mother’s quality of life, leaving her worrying every day about the clothes she wears and how she stands.

Brigitte Macron’s daughter has told a Paris court that her mother can no longer ignore the “horrors that are being said” by cyber-bullies who baselessly claim she was born a man.