Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron have been madly in love with each other for more than twenty years. A relationship that has long been criticized, even today. And this is because of their significant age difference. It must be said that there is nothing banal about their romance. While he was a high school student, the future politician's eyes met those of Brigitte Trogneux, a French teacher in the same establishment. What followed was a wonderful love story.
Left for a younger man, Brigitte Macron's ex-husband explodes with anger
If the student-teacher relationship is somewhat problematic, another concern was added to the story. And not the least since Brigitte was married and already a mother. A decision to leave André-Louis Auzière, her first husbandwhich was not easy to take according to Maëlle Brun, author of the book Brigitte Macron, freedpublished in 2018.
Furthermore, and as one might expect, the announcement of her relationship with Emmanuel Macron had the effect of a bombshell.
“When her husband learns the truth, his reaction is obviously violent. Being replaced by a classmate of his daughter, by a teenager he has so often received at his home, that's it. a wound difficult to heal”says Maëlle Brun in the pages of her book.
André-Louis Auzière “leaves”
By discovering Brigitte's new love story, André-Louis Auzière makes a radical decision: “Unsentimental, according to all the testimonies collected – don’t procrastinate: he’s leaving”. However, it was necessary to wait several years before the divorce was finalized. It is indeed
in 2006 that the papers were officially signed. Enough to leave the field free for Brigitte to fully live her story with Emmanuel Macron. The latter said “yes” the following year at Le Touquet.
Since then, the Head of State and the First Lady have lived their relationship like any couple. “I have deep confidence in him. We are there for each other. Non-stop, 24 out of 24. We are totally merged. We have things to say to each other, sometimes not pleasant ones, we are a pretty muscular couple. We say things to each other”revealed on RTL the one who revealed her husband's preferences.
Brigitte's children struggle to accept her relationship with Emmanuel
If André-Louis Auzière obviously took the fact that his ex-wife was in a relationship with Emmanuel Macron badly, as for the children of the former teacher, it was not much better. During an interview with Paris Match, Brigitte Macron admitted that Sébastien, Laurence and Tiphaine put a crazy time accepting his relationship with the president.
“It lasted ten yearstime to put them on track. You imagine what they heard… But me
I didn't want to miss out on my life.”she confided in complete transparency. If his offspring finally accepted the idea, that doesn't stop Bernard Montiel's close friend from wondering about her own parents: “I don’t know how my parents, who were the example of fidelity and education, would have experienced our marriage”. One thing is certain, they would have wanted nothing other than his happiness. What Brigitte Macron seems to have definitely found.