Emmanuel Macron and his wife will be 'desperate to pretend all is well' and bury news of the 'face shove' footage circulating the world's media, a body language expert revealed.
The French president said he was just playfighting with his wife, Brigitte, after she was seen pushing him away with both hands on his face before they disembarked from their plane to start a tour of Southeast Asia this weekend.
The moment quickly made headlines in France, with media trying to decipher the interaction that cameras spotted through the just-opened door of the plane. In France, Le Parisien asked: 'Slap or "squabble"?'
Judi James, a body language expert, told MailOnline that as the French first couple continue on their tour via Hanoi, their body language rituals would overcorrect with a 'litter tray' response, burying the bad 'under some shovels-full of "good" behaviour in what looks like a bid to prove nothing is wrong'.
'Their non-verbal signals here border on the "overkill", suggesting some levels of panic and a desperation to pretend all is well and to maybe tie in with the ridiculous claims of 'playing' together on the plane,' she said.
