Owens said last March that she "would stake (her) entire professional reputation" on the claim that Brigitte was born male. She even alleged Brigitte is in fact her brother, Jean-Michel Trogneux, and that her first husband never existed. Clare said that Owens' claims have been "very upsetting" for the First Lady and a "distraction" for Macron. He explained: "When your family is under attack, it wears on you. "And he (Emmanuel Macron) is not immune from that because he's the president of a country."