Lip reader reveals what Brigitte Macron said after shoving French president’s face

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French first lady Brigitte Macron was seething before and after she shoved her husband, President Emmanuel Macron, in the face, according to a lip reader.

Footage showed the 72-year-old put both hands on her husband’s face before shoving him mere moments after the president’s plane door opened upon arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam on Sunday.

Macron, 47, looked shocked but managed to laugh it off before the pair descended the plane’s staircase.

He later told press that he and his wife were “squabbling” in a “joking way” — but a professional lip reader reported otherwise.

“As the aircraft door opens, President Macron is seen turning toward Brigitte. In an unexpected moment, she pushes him in the face,” a lip reader recounted to the Express.

Once the leader noticed the cameras directed at them, he said “Hi,” then raised his hand in a wave.

“Emmanuel then steps closer to Brigitte before composing himself and crossing to the other side,” the lip reader continued.

“Moments later, he signals for her to follow him with, ‘Let’s go.’”

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Macron shakes hands with the pilot and waves to the cameras.

“But at the top of the stairs, things turn icy again,” the lip reader detailed.

“He offers his arm; she ignores it, choosing to cling to the railing instead. As she passes, she appears to mutter, ‘Dégage, espèce de loser,’ translated in English, ‘Stay away, you loser.’”

Macron tries again, according to the lip reader, who said Emmanuel asked his wife, “Essayons, s’il te plait?” which translates to “Let’s try, please?”

But Brigitte won’t budge and responded with a terse “non.”

The lip reader added: “His closing expression, and the phrase lip-read as ‘Je vois,’ translated in English, ‘I see’ says it all.”

They described it as “a rare unguarded exchange that hints at deeper tensions between the couple,” noting it’s “one to watch, especially with a packed diplomatic schedule ahead.”

The lip reader’s claims appear accurate as Macron looks startled when he sees the cameras, before he quickly recovers.

Brigitte is also seen not taking her husband’s arm when making her way down the steps, where Vietnamese officials await them.

Emmanuel and Brigitte have been married since 2007, having first met when he was a 15-year-old student and she was his 39-year-old drama teacher.

The president has since tried to downplay the incident as horseplay.

“We are squabbling and, rather, joking with my wife,” Macron said, adding that the fallout from their arrival in Vietnam was being overblown into “a sort of geo-planetary catastrophe.”

He added: “People are saying all sorts of nonsense. Everyone needs to calm down.”