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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Candace Owens responds to defamation lawsuit filed by French president, first lady
Candace Owens, a right-wing podcast host, is responding to the defamation lawsuit filed against her by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, over the media figure's claims that the French first lady is male. The Macrons said in a lawsuit filed in Delaware Superior Court on July 23 that Owens has waged a "campaign of global humiliation" and engaged in "relentless bullying" against the 72-year-old Brigitte to "promote her independent platform, gain notoriety, and make money." The 219-page lawsuit details dozens of the podcaster's claims made over several months, and includes corresponding photographs, screenshots and archived newspaper clippings. Owens responded to the lawsuit in her July 24 episode of her eponymous podcast "Candace," spending more than 30 minutes criticizing the legal action, the Macrons and doubling down on her claims. "I think you're sick," Owens said, addressing France's first couple. "I think you're disgusting, and I am fully prepared to take on this battle." The Macrons are suing Owens, her media company and the company that runs her website for 22 counts of defamation and defamation-related claims, seeking an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages. They are represented by Clare Locke and Farnan LLP, well-known firms specializing in high-profile defamation cases, who helped win a $790 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by Dominion Voting Systems in 2023. Owens has been repeating false claims over the first lady's identity for more than a year, the lawsuit alleges, starting in March 2024 when the podcaster stated she stakes her "entire professional reputation" that Brigitte Macron "is in fact a man.' In January, Owens released the first episode in an eight-part podcast series entitled, "Becoming Brigitte," in which the lawsuit says she presented various "outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions." The filing says they include allegations by Owens that Brigitte was born a man and stole someone's identity, that Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron are blood relatives and that they have committed "forgery, fraud and abuses of power to conceal these secrets." More: French president sues Candace Owens over claim about wife Brigitte The filing alleges that Owens ignored the Macrons' requests to retract the allegations. "Owens has dissected their appearance, their marriage, their friends, their family, and their personal history — twisting it all into a grotesque narrative designed to inflame and degrade," the complaint said. In a statement, a spokesperson for Owens said the filing represented a "foreign government attacking the First Amendment rights of an American independent journalist." Owens has attracted criticism for years over her commentaries on a range of topics, with a history of spreading antisemitic rhetoric, including Holocaust denial and revisionism. She was suspended from YouTube for a week in September after videos of several of her interviews were deemed as hate speech by the Google subsidiary. In the following two months, authorities in New Zealand and Australia rejected her visas to visit the countries ahead of her speaking tour in February and March 2025. Local media reported Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke mentioned her rhetoric "downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about (German SS officer Josef) Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery," as reasons for her visa denial. Wednesday's lawsuit is a rare case of a world leader suing for defamation. To prevail in U.S. defamation cases, public figures like the Macrons must show defendants engaged in "actual malice," meaning they knew what they published was false or had reckless disregard for its truth. Kathryn Palmer is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at kapalmer@ and on X @KathrynPlmr. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Candace Owens responds to French president's lawsuit Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Candace Cameron Bure makes shock admission about 'eating disorder struggle' that began 30 years ago
Candace Cameron Bure has revealed that she continues to struggle with an eating disorder that started when she was a teenager. This week, on her eponymous podcast, the 49-year-old actress admitted she still considers herself to be bulimic. 'The thoughts never leave me,' she confessed in conversation with her guest, author Lisa Whittle. The episode, title Why Can't I Feel Free in My Body?, explored body image and insecurities, with the former Full House star discussing how being on TV at a young age affected her confidence. 'I, too, developed an eating disorder, when I was 18,' Bure shared after Whittle talked about anorexia. 'It was binging and purging. I'm a bulimic. And I still say I'm a bulimic.' She explained that while she's not actively purging, she is still battling the disorder 'because the thoughts — whether I'm doing that or not — they never leave me.' 'So I still need the tools to just say, "No, Candace, we're not doing that,"' she vulnerably told listeners. Bure spoke about how her parents' efforts to prevent her from developing disordered eating habits while growing up in the spotlight backfired. She rose to fame at just 11-years-old while starring as DJ Tanner on the late 80s sitcom Full House. They 'did the best job in protecting me,' the former child star said of her mother and father, adding that they 'were really afraid' of her weight potentially being criticized by television producers. 'I had cheeks and I had thicker arms and I was, like, a normal 12-year-old, you know? I really was a normal 12-year-old, but I had a little bit more fat on me than other kids on TV,' she noted. 'They were just fearful that I would develop an eating disorder, just because of all of the pressures,' the mother-of-three shared. Candace said her family shifted to a health-centered lifestyle, encouraging, 'Let's make sure we make good choices with food.' 'Everyone in my house was always on a diet. My mom was always on a diet. My sisters were always on a diet. I was always put on a diet. But it wasn't like, "Oh, you have to lose weight,"' the actress described of her parents' hands-on approach. Although the attention to health and exercise was 'preventative,' it 'completely shaped my viewpoint that I had about myself and the feelings about my body,' the TV star stated. 'I'm on TV... and I don't want to be too fat compared to other actors. My parents never wanted a producer to come up to me and say, like, "We need your child to lose weight," so let's do everything preventative.' Looking back, Bure said, 'That very thing just shaped the way I looked at my body, which was like, "Oh, it's not good enough the way it is right now." 'That that kind of started young,' she said, adding that it continued 'through my teenage years.' Now, she says she feels like a 'broken record.' 'I'm 49 years old and I'm like, why do I think about this so much? Why does it even matter so much? It's so ridiculous. And yet I'm still thinking about it,' she lamented.
USA Today
5 days ago
- Politics
- USA Today
Candace Owens responds to defamation lawsuit filed by French president, first lady
Candace Owens, a right-wing podcast host, is responding to the defamation lawsuit filed against her by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, over the media figure's claims that the French first lady is male. The Macrons said in a lawsuit filed in Delaware Superior Court on July 23 that Owens has waged a "campaign of global humiliation" and engaged in "relentless bullying" against the 72-year-old Brigitte to "promote her independent platform, gain notoriety, and make money." The 219-page lawsuit details dozens of the podcaster's claims made over several months, and includes corresponding photographs, screenshots and archived newspaper clippings. Owens responded to the lawsuit in her July 24 episode of her eponymous podcast "Candace," spending more than 30 minutes criticizing the legal action, the Macrons and doubling down on her claims. "I think you're sick," Owens said, addressing France's first couple. "I think you're disgusting, and I am fully prepared to take on this battle." The Macrons are suing Owens, her media company and the company that runs her website for 22 counts of defamation and defamation-related claims, seeking an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages. They are represented by Clare Locke and Farnan LLP, well-known firms specializing in high-profile defamation cases, who helped win a $790 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by Dominion Voting Systems in 2023. More: French president sues Candace Owens over claim about wife Brigitte Owens has been repeating false claims over the first lady's identity for more than a year, the lawsuit alleges, starting in March 2024 when the podcaster stated she stakes her "entire professional reputation" that Brigitte Macron "is in fact a man.' In January, Owens released the first episode in an eight-part podcast series entitled, "Becoming Brigitte," in which the lawsuit says she presented various "outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions." The filing says they include allegations by Owens that Brigitte was born a man and stole someone's identity, that Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron are blood relatives and that they have committed "forgery, fraud and abuses of power to conceal these secrets." The filing alleges that Owens ignored the Macrons' requests to retract the allegations. "Owens has dissected their appearance, their marriage, their friends, their family, and their personal history — twisting it all into a grotesque narrative designed to inflame and degrade," the complaint said. In a statement, a spokesperson for Owens said the filing represented a "foreign government attacking the First Amendment rights of an American independent journalist." Owens has attracted criticism for years over her commentaries on a range of topics, with a history of spreading antisemitic rhetoric, including Holocaust denial and revisionism. She was suspended from YouTube for a week in September after videos of several of her interviews were deemed as hate speech by the Google subsidiary. In the following two months, authorities in New Zealand and Australia rejected her visas to visit the countries ahead of her speaking tour in February and March 2025. Local media reported Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke mentioned her rhetoric "downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about (German SS officer Josef) Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery," as reasons for her visa denial. Wednesday's lawsuit is a rare case of a world leader suing for defamation. To prevail in U.S. defamation cases, public figures like the Macrons must show defendants engaged in "actual malice," meaning they knew what they published was false or had reckless disregard for its truth. Kathryn Palmer is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at kapalmer@ and on X @KathrynPlmr.
Newsweek
6 days ago
- Politics
- Newsweek
Candace Owens Responds to Macrons Lawsuit
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Candace Owens has responded to French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filing a defamation lawsuit against the conservative influencer, saying "see you in court." The lawsuit centers on Owens repeated claims France's first lady is "in fact a man," and includes 22 counts, including defamation, false light, and defamation by implication. Owens reponded on her eponymous podcast in an episode released on Wednesday, saying, "I am fully prepared to take on this battle on behalf of the entire world." Owens called for Brigitte Macron to provide blood samples and childhood pictures. "I'd like to make it to discovery, I think we owe that to the world," she said. "See you in court," she added. L: Candace Owens is seen on set of "Candace" on April 19, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. R: French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive at Downing Street on July 9, 2025 in... L: Candace Owens is seen on set of "Candace" on April 19, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. R: French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive at Downing Street on July 9, 2025 in London, England. More/Alberto Pezzali - Pool/Getty Images The lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Delaware Superior Court, calls several of Owens' claims "outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions" that have caused "relentless bullying on a worldwide scale," resulting in "tremendous damage to the Macrons." In a Wednesday statement, the Macrons said "Because Ms. Owens systematically reaffirmed these falsehoods in response to each of our attorneys' repeated requests for a retraction, we ultimately concluded that referring the matter to a court of law was the only remaining avenue for remedy." This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.
Economic Times
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
‘Kasa ahes?': American woman's sweet Marathi surprise for husband melts the internet, sparks collective 'Awww'
Synopsis An Instagram video showcasing Candace, an American woman, greeting her husband Aniket in Marathi has gone viral, capturing hearts with its display of love and cultural connection. Candace's efforts to speak her husband's native tongue, including phrases like "Shubh Sakal" and "Kasa ahes?", elicited a heartwarming reaction from Aniket, sparking admiration online for their authentic and empathetic bond. An Instagram video showcasing Candace, an American woman, greeting her husband Aniket in Marathi has gone viral, capturing hearts with its display of love and cultural connection. (Screenshots: Instagram/ thekarnes) Related In a world constantly scrolling for the next feel-good story, a small gesture wrapped in love, language, and laughter has captured millions of hearts. A video posted by a couple on Instagram has gone viral for all the right reasons—showing just how powerful it can be to speak someone's language, both literally and emotionally. The video, shared by the Instagram account Aniket & Candace, opens with Candace—an American woman—greeting her husband, Aniket, in Marathi, his native tongue. With a cheerful 'Shubh Sakal' (Good morning), she takes her first steps into the language of his roots. What follows is a moment of stunned silence, followed quickly by a proud, heart-melting smile from Aniket. His astonishment grows as Candace continues: 'Kasa ahes?' (How are you?), and later, 'Raatri jevayla kaay ahe?' (What's for dinner?). The video, captioned 'I'm not perfect but I'm trying. Go easy on me,' has now crossed over 1.7 million views, with thousands chiming in to celebrate the beauty of the moment. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aniket & Candacé (@thekarnes) The clip isn't just a sweet couple's moment—it's become a cultural touchstone online, resonating with multilingual couples and language lovers around the globe. In the age of rapid communication, where emojis often substitute real effort, Candace's attempt to learn her partner's language has sparked admiration and emotion. Social media was quick to respond. One commenter wrote, 'That smile when you were talking to him in his native language was like, 'This is why I love this woman.'' Another said, 'He is low-key so proud.' And the most cheeky suggestion? 'Next time say 'aho aika' and watch him blush.' Learning a partner's language is often seen as a symbolic gesture—one that bridges cultures and deepens bonds. What makes this video unique is not just Candace's Marathi, but the authenticity behind every syllable. It's a reminder that even imperfect words can be perfect when spoken with love.
