FRENCH Prez Emmanuel Macron denied MORE rumours he was having an extra-marital affair with one of his male bodyguards, sparking even more claims about his personal life.
In 2018, the French leader sacked his head of security, Alexandre Benalla after a video of him beating protesters went public.
Alexandre Benalla – (Left)
In an astonishing turn of events Mr Macron was also forced to clarify that the bodyguard did not have access to France’s nuclear codes.
He denied the claims assuring the French people: “Alexandre Benalla has never had the nuclear codes … Alexandre Benalla is not my lover.”
The Daily Mail reported: “Macron’s extraordinary comment, in response to internet rumours, was reported yesterday as he tried, but failed, to bluster through a growing crisis over his remarkably close relationship with the mysterious 26-year-old.”
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This was the second time the President had to deny that he was gay after similar un-founded claims about an affair with the boss of French radio Mathieu Gallet.
French paparazzi also allegedly snapped salacious pictures of Macron with Gallet in a forest.
Macron later had Gallet sacked from Radio France and some say this was a cover to dispel talk of a gay affair between the two.
The rumours suggested that the French leader is hiding his sexuality with a political ‘showmance’ with Brigitte Macron.
Mr Macron hit back at the gossip by telling supporters: “I am who I am, I have never had anything to hide.”
“I hear people saying that I have a secret life or something. It’s not nice for Brigitte (his wife) and because I share all my days and nights with her, she asks me how do I manage it,” Macron said.
He continued: “If over dinners in the city, if on forwarded emails, you’re told that I have a double life with Mathieu Gallet or anyone else – then it’s my hologram that suddenly escaped, but it can’t be me!” .
A French MP was also quoted as saying “Concerning his private life, it is becoming known.”
“He has a rich gay lobby, which supports him.” according to French news outlet The Local.
The French President was also pictured half-naked in a French gay magazine during the 2017 Election.
OHH LA LA!
The Garçon magazine, a bi-monthly magazine printed Emmanuel Macron posing topless.
The cover had the headline: “Coming out: a necessary fight.”
The magazine’s editor Christophe Sorettold told French media in 2017: “Many talk about having revived the controversy about the possible homosexuality of the candidate [Macron],”
“The latter clearly explained himself by indicating that he loved his wife and had no connection with a man. We do not revive this false story; we fight it!”
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