Milan, May 26 (LaPresse) – A video of Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte upon their arrival in Vietnam is sparking debate online. As the presidential couple prepares to disembark from the plane, Brigitte’s hand appears to hit Macron's face. The footage, taken at Hanoi airport, shows the plane door opening and Macron appearing at the top of the stairs, while only Brigitte’s arm is visible as she moves her hand toward the president’s face in what could look like a slap. “It was a moment where the president and his wife were sharing a lighthearted exchange before beginning the trip,” a source close to Macron told BFM TV. “It was a moment of complicity. Just that was enough to fuel conspiracy theorists,” the source added. President Emmanuel Macron also addressed the incident, telling reporters it was a joke. “We were joking, really, just joking with my wife,” he said, adding that the episode had been blown out of proportion: “It turned into some kind of geo-planetary catastrophe.” The couple has been married since 2007, after meeting in high school, where he was a student and she was his teacher.