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The Rest Is...The Macrons vs. Candace Owens - The Defamation Lawsuit & The PR Response
Did the Macrons make a major PR misstep with defamation lawsuit? 🇫🇷
This week on The Rest Is PR, Jacki and Lyle unpack the explosive legal battle between French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife First Lady Brigitte Macron, and controversial US podcaster Candace Owens.
Owens is standing by the conspiracy theories she has perpetuated about Brigitte Macron’s gender — claims that first emerged in France in 2021 at the height of the pandemic and the gilet-jaunes protests. The involvement of Owens has seen things escalate:
🔹 A US defamation lawsuit
🔹 Private investigators digging into Owens
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