Emmanuel Macron and Amélie Oudéa-Castera, the Minister of Sports, were photographed very close to each other after the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. These photos, shared on social networks, immediately sparked many reactions and questions. We can see the minister warmly hugging the President of the Republic and kissing him on the cheek, under the somewhat pinched gaze of Gabriel Attal, the Prime Minister. Gestures of affection that did not fail to get people talking on social networks.
Internet users surprised by the closeness displayed between the president and the minister
As soon as the photos are published on Twitter (renamed X), the comments came thick and fast.Brigitte is not going to like it“, quipped one internet user, referring to the president’s wife. Others humorously wondered whether Amélie Oudéa-Castera “rolled a galosh” to Emmanuel Macron.
Some have called the scene “embarrassing” or even “bizarre” :
“Crazy the first photo“, “Wow, what a team building exercise they must have!“, “When I kiss a colleague, she doesn’t hook the back of my neck“.
Some people tried to defend the two government members, seeing it simply as an expression of shared joy after the success of the opening ceremony they had worked on for years.
But the answers were not long in coming:
“Personally, I don’t kiss my colleagues almost on the mouth by grabbing them like that.“.
Macron and Oudéa-Castera proud of the success of the Olympic Games ceremony
Because it is indeed the success of the opening night of the I of Paris 2024 which sparked this outpouring of emotion captured by the photographers. Emmanuel Macron did not fail to congratulate himself on his social networks the following day.
“Thanks to Thomas Jolly and his creative genius for this grandiose ceremony. Thanks to the artists for this unique and magical moment. Thanks to the police and emergency services, the agents and volunteers. Thanks to everyone who believed in it. We’ll talk about it again in 100 years! We did it” he wrote.
The President seems visibly proud after the successful performances of international artists such as Lady Gaga, Aya Nakamura or Celine Dion.
The closeness between Macron and his Minister of Sports already noted
This is not the first time that the complicity between the President of the Republic and his Minister of Sports and the Olympic Games has been noted. On July 24, Amélie Oudéa-Castera had already posted a smiling selfie alongsideEmmanuel Macron on social networks, ahead of the first Olympic events.
Proud of the organization of the Games in Paris and carried by the emotion of the opening ceremony, the two members of the executive seem in any case to have “forgotten” themselves for the time of a hug immortalized by the photographers.
Photos that have caused a lot of digital ink to flow and amused or intrigued comments on the web. Enough to fuel, in spite of themselves, the buzz around this global event.
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2024-07-27 14:01:30