"Your Delicious wife", French Prez Emmanuel Macron tells Australian PM; Twitter cracks up

Macron was wrapping up a joint news conference during his brief Australian when he ended up thanking his host’s “delicious wife”. Check video here.

Image: Screen grab of Video uploaded by AP.

New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron committed a little faux pas when he called Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s wife  “delicious”, as he was summing up his speech. We may call it a slip of tongue or whatever we want, to defend it, but Twitter is already in fits of laughter at the blunder committed by the “perfect” (as described recently by Trump) President of France. Coming from a man who is known for his gentlemanly conduct and for his immaculate sense of speech, the remark has raised many eyebrows. Macron was wrapping up a joint news conference during his brief Australian when he ended up thanking his host’s “delicious wife”. He said: “I want to thank you for your welcome, thank you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome," he said. While many in his defense argued that it was a slip of tongue and what he actually wanted to say was “delightful wife” but given France’s inclination for gastronomy he ended up saying “delicious”. Another explanation offered is that Macron may simply have slipped up in his use of English, since the French word for delicious ‘delicieux’ also translates as "delightful." The incident also brought back memories of the times when US President Donald Trump was caught telling Macron's wife, Brigitte, on his Paris Trip, that she was "in such great shape”,  before looking to her husband and saying, "Beautiful." It immediately triggered hilarious reactions on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

Macron just said he wanted to thank Malcolm Turnbull and his "delicious wife".

You can take the man out of France but... — Alice Workman (@workmanalice) May 2, 2018

Délicieuse! Quick internets, this gif needs an update with Lucy.... pic.twitter.com/kDmaXrXjFQ

— Jacob Greber (@jacobgreber) May 2, 2018

In French you can say: Cette personne est délicieuse : comme elle est sympathique! (This person is delicious: how nice she is.)

In @EmmanuelMacron 's defense, that might explain why he thanked @TurnbullMalcolm for his "delicious" wife.#MacronSydney :D#delicious #Turnbull pic.twitter.com/r0VUtbtixy — Payam Fazli (@payamfazli) May 2, 2018

@EmmanuelMacron called the PM's wife Lucy delicious? Oh my .... #delicious #juicylucy #yesplease pic.twitter.com/yliz1kY7bH

— Sue-Ellen Louise (@FlickChick19) May 2, 2018

Check the video shared by Associated Press on YouTube.