World-famous US podcast star Candace Owens has alleged that the French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife instructed French secret services to kill her.
On November 22, Owens posted on social media, under the label “URGENT”, that she was contacted by a high-ranking employee of the French Government who claimed that the Macrons had paid for her to assassinated .
She said she shared the alleged information to inform the population “in the event of an incident”. More than 36 million people had seen the post by this morning.
Owens claimed the green light was given to a small team in National Gendarmarie Intervention Group (NGIG) and that one member is an Israeli.
The NGIG is France’s elite police tactical unit, responsible for counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and other high-risk missions. It was created in 1974 in response to the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
The US podcaster has been a fierce critic of Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians.
Owens went on to claim that the same French source claimed that Charlie Kirk’s assassin trained with the French legion 13th brigade with multi-State involvement.
She also said Xavier Poussard, a French journalist and author of the book Devenir Brigitte or (Becoming Brigitte), was a target.
That was, she alleged, in response to Poussaard’s book claiming that Brigitte Macron was born a male under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux (her older brother’s name) and later transitioned to live as a woman, allegedly stealing her sibling’s identity in the process. Brigitte Macron has denied the accusation and has sued those making it in both France and, with her husband, in the US.
The head of state of France “apparently wants us both dead and has authorised professional units to carry this out”, Owens posted.
🚨 URGENT
Two days ago I was contacted by a high-ranking employee of the French Government. After determining this person’s position and proximity to the French couple, I have deemed the information they gave me to be credible enough to share publicly in the event that something…— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 22, 2025
She later added: “There was a French female assassin but also a male, Israeli assassin, that were selected to kill me.”
“Payments for assassinations are running through the Club des Cent in France,” an organisation dedicated to French cuisine, she claimed.
Owens retweeted a post describing the organisation as part of the French elite and highly exclusive, implying it was “like a secret society”.
Today, Owens added that she informed people in the Federal Government and the US White House of the alleged French and Israeli assassination plot. She said she was willing to provide full details, as well as the names of the assassins and international accounts in France and Canada through which, she alleged, money was exchanged.
She also claimed that the French Foreign Legion was involved in the assassination of the US conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
According to many, these claims reinforce Owens reputation as a peddler of conspiracy theories, although some high profiles, such as Pavel Durov, the owner of Telegram who is also in a conflict with the French Government, support her.
Rudy Reichstadt, director of Conspiracy Watch – a conspiracy theory observatory – told French news outlet Le Parisien: “We are dealing with people whose main activity is to misinform … to capture attention by surfing on the news and inventing new false scoops every week made up of accusations without evidence and never verified.”
He noted that Owens had suffered some setbacks in her legal fight with the Macrons after French individuals who also claimed Brigitte Macron was born a male all pulled back their claims during a cyber-harassment trial in court, saying they were “satirising” and “telling jokes”.
Owens, though, has continued to spread the same claims.
Last summer, the French President and Brigitte launched a defamation lawsuit against her.
The Macrons said in a complaint filed in Delaware Superior Court on July 23 that Owens has allegedly waged a lie-filled “campaign of global humiliation” to promote her podcast and expand her “frenzied” fan base.
The 219-page lawsuit also alleged that Owens monetised her defamatory claims about the Macrons.
Their lawyer has said the allegations about Brigitte Macron’s biological sex were “incredibly upsetting” and they were a “distraction” to the French President.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have launched a defamation lawsuit against US podcaster and right-wing political commentator Candace Owens. https://t.co/29GSx4aJx4
— Brussels Signal (@brusselssignal) July 24, 2025
