French President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte slapped him while exiting a plane in 2025 after discovering his texts to exiled Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, claimed journalist Florian Tardif in his book. Tardif claimed Macron maintained a "platonic relationship" with Golshifteh for several months. He added some of messages "went quite far," including "I find you very pretty" text.