French President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte arrive at 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, have hit far-right influencer Candace Owens with a defamation lawsuit over her false claims that Brigitte Macron is male.

In a suit filed on Wednesday in Delaware, the Macrons allege that Owens has profited from a “campaign of global humiliation” against the Macrons, the complaint said.

In a March 2024 podcast, Owens said she “would stake [her] entire professional reputation on the face that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man,” according to the lawsuit.

Despite attempts to stop Owens from spreading the conspiracy ― including a retraction letter sent by the Macrons ― she instead “helmed an eight-part podcast series entitled Becoming Brigitte (the ‘Series’) and accompanying X posts,” the lawsuit said.

As part of the series, Owens fired off a series of “outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions.” More from the lawsuit:

These outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions included that Mrs. Macron was born a man, stole another person’s identity, and transitioned to become Brigitte; Mrs. Macron and President Macron........

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