{"id":1089641,"date":"2021-12-06T11:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089641"},"modified":"2021-12-06T11:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:43:39","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-emmanuel-macron-as-a-child-dancing-with-his-now-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-emmanuel-macron-as-a-child-dancing-with-his-now-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Emmanuel Macron As A Child Dancing With His Now-Wife?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-emmanuel-macron-as-a-child-dancing-with-his-now-wife%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1089641&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Perorationer\/status\/1451452512104423428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Twitter<\/a> purportedly shows Brigitte Macron dancing with French President Emmanuel Macron when he was a child.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.429906542056\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The boy in the clip is Emmanuel Macron. The Dancing lady is his tutor. He is now the President of France. She is now his wife, Brigitte<br \/>The age difference is about 24 years.<\/p>\n<p>Vive la diff\u00e9rence!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jOSxsjWGwT\">pic.twitter.com\/jOSxsjWGwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Perorationer\ud83d\udd75\ufe0f\u200d\u2640\ufe0fGet your Jab\ud83d\udc89- Wear a Mask\ud83d\ude37 (@Perorationer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Perorationer\/status\/1451452512104423428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video actually shows performers on \u201cSo You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation\u201d in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Macron has known his now-wife, Brigitte, since 1993, when he was 15 years old, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/brigitte-macron-frances-lady-husbands-equilibrium\/story?id=54661699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a>. She was 39 years old and working as his drama teacher at the time, the outlet reported. They got married in 2007, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elysee.fr\/en\/brigitte-macron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the footage being shared online, a woman and child can be seen performing a dance routine on a stage. The tweet\u2019s caption <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Perorationer\/status\/1451452512104423428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claims<\/a>, \u201cThe boy in the clip is Emmanuel Macron. The Dancing lady is his tutor. He is now the President of France. She is now his wife, Brigitte.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/20\/fact-check-protest-france-covid-measures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show A 2021 Protest Against France\u2019s COVID-19 Measures?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But, contrary to this claim, the Macrons do not appear in the video. A longer version was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QwWdBSTu6x4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted on YouTube<\/a> in 2016, with the title identifying the two dancers as Jenna Johnson and Jake Monreal performing during an episode of \u201cSo You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation.\u201d A photo available on Getty Images <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/top-10-contestant-jake-monreal-and-all-star-jenna-johnson-news-photo\/591909960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also identifies<\/a> the dancers as Johnson and Monreal, noting the performance aired on July 11, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Next Generation\u201d was, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0472023\/episodes?season=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMDb<\/a>, the 13th season of \u201cSo You Think You Can Dance\u201d and aired when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5825081\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnson<\/a> was in her early 20s. Johnson married her husband, fellow professional dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy, in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/val-chmerkovskiy-jenna-johnsons-wedding-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Twitter purportedly shows Brigitte Macron dancing with French President Emmanuel Macron when he was a child. The boy in the clip is Emmanuel Macron. 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