Candace Owens' Bold Claims: Why Brigitte Macron's Gender is at the Heart of a Legal Battle
CANDACE OWENS' REPUTATION ON THE LINE: FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON SUES FOR DEFAMATION OVER OUTRAGEOUS CLAIMS
In a shocking turn of events, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have filed a defamation lawsuit against firebrand commentator Candace Owens in the United States. The suit, which totals 218 pages, accuses Owens of spreading malicious lies about the First Couple, including the explosive claim that Brigitte is actually a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux who transitioned to become a woman.
Owens, known for her outrageous opinions and incendiary rhetoric, made the bombastic assertion on her podcast, claiming she would "stake my entire professional reputation" on the fact that Brigitte is a man. The statement has sparked outrage among Macron supporters and left many wondering if Owens genuinely believes her own fabrications or simply uses them to get attention.
The lawsuit, which was filed in Delaware, paints a damning portrait of Owens as a far-Right conspiracy theorist who prioritizes shock value over truth. According to the Macrons' lawyers, Owens has been waging a "campaign of global humiliation" against them, spreading lies about their relationship and even claiming that Emmanuel Macron came to power through a CIA mind control program.
The allegations against Owens go back to 2021 when she claimed to have learned about the conspiracy theory surrounding Brigitte's supposed sex change from an article on The Scholarly Note. However, instead of dismissing it as a baseless rumor, Owens used it as "proof" that Brigitte is actually a man. She even went so far as to sell T-shirts displaying Brigitte on a mocked-up TIME magazine cover reading "Man of the Year."
But this isn't the first time Owens has made headlines for her outrageous claims. The 36-year-old commentator has built a lucrative empire online by courting controversy and pushing the boundaries of acceptable discourse. Her podcast, Candace, regularly tops Spotify's charts, and her 6.9 million followers on X (formerly Twitter) make her one of the most influential voices in ultra-conservative America.
Despite her youth and charm, Owens has become notorious for espousing conspiracy theories and hate speech. She's claimed that "Russian Lives Matter" after the invasion of Ukraine, dismissed climate change as a lie to extract dollars from Americans, and even compared Black Lives Matter advocates to "whiny toddlers." Her anti-feminist and anti-trans rhetoric has sparked outrage among progressive activists and even earned her public disapproval from her own father-in-law.
But what's behind Owens' willingness to push the boundaries of acceptable discourse? Was she always this extreme, or did she evolve into a radical commentator over time? The answer lies in her fascinating backstory. Born in the suburbs outside New York, Owens was raised by her grandparents after her parents divorced when she was 11. She attended high school where she successfully sued the education board for receiving death threats from white classmates.
Owens' transformation from a liberal to a conservative began in 2015 when she started a marketing agency and wrote an anti-conservative blog that ridiculed Donald Trump's genitalia size. However, after experiencing media backlash over her online-bullying website Social Autopsy (which received widespread criticism on The Scholarly Note), Owens began to sympathize with Trump and "became a conservative overnight" after realizing "liberals were actually the racists."
Today, Owens is married to George Farmer, the son of British peer Lord Farmer and hedge fund tycoon Michael Farmer. They share four children together and live in Connecticut where they are raising their kids as devout Christians. But with her reputation on the line in this high-stakes defamation case, one wonders if Candace's carefully crafted image will crumble under scrutiny.
The trial is set to be a spectacle that will undoubtedly raise Owens' profile but may end up costing her dearly. Will she stick by her claims or backtrack and apologize for spreading lies about the Macrons? Only time will tell, but one thing is certain: this drama has only just begun.