WATCH: Emmanuel Macron 'slapped' by wife Brigitte in Vietnam

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French President Emmanuel Macron has seemingly been "slapped" by his wife Brigitte as the pair touched down in Vietnam for the start of a tour of South East Asia.The Macrons had been filmed bickering as the plane doors opened at Hanoi Airport.FULL STORY HERE.

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00:00So this is the French plane landing in Vietnam, look, have I missed that there?

00:14Yeah, I can't quite see.

00:16There he is in the background, ooh, ooh.

00:19Well there was a, I mean you can see if you're listening on the radio basically it's sort of,

00:23it's you know Macron preparing to descend the jet steps and as he's standing at the door,

00:29where you see a hand reach out and appear to slap him in the face.

00:34Is it, is it Brigitte's hand?

00:38Must have been.

00:39Well she was standing there and then Brigitte walks out and to be fair they're both smiling and waving as politicians do.

00:44Matthew, that's deeply embarrassing for Macron, no?

00:47Yeah, I'd be furious if that was me.

00:49I think there's a time and a place, you know, arguing, bickering if they want to do that aboard the plane.

00:54I think it's interesting that she's done it as the door's opening.

00:58So people can see.

00:59What is she thinking?

01:00Well, I mean, that's the point.

01:02I mean, she's not a stupid woman.

01:03She would have been very aware that that door was opening, the cameras would be pointed on them.

01:07What do you think is going on here?

01:09Well, I mean, I think it's fair to say that, look, again, Macron in France.

01:13I think Madame Brigitte has also finally had enough of Macron being president for so long.

01:20He's basically Francis Trudeau.

01:22I mean, this is obviously very embarrassing for the French president.

01:26What on earth is she thinking?

01:28Actually, I'm just digesting this in real time now.

01:31This is one of the most bizarre clips I think I've ever seen.

01:34And that's something that you're thinking.

01:35I think we're just going to move on in.

01:36So, we're just getting in.

01:38So, for a second, if you want to move on around the coastline.

01:40Then, by the way, the French people are looking at the coastline.

01:41Now, if you want to move on around the coastline, we're going to move on this side.

01:44So, that's what would you do.

01:45That's what we do.

01:46So, there's nothing.

01:47There's a bit of a little bit of a lot of a little bit of information.

01:48That's what I mean.

01:49That means that if you want to move on around the coastline, we're going to move on,

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