The rumor appears to have been widely amplified online by conspiracy theorists, but the clearest documented early spread in recent reporting is tied to Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey in the Brigitte Macron case. In U.S. coverage, Candace Owens is described as the person who brought the claim to a broader American audience in 2025.

What’s known

  • For Brigitte Macron, reports say Amandine Roy, a self-proclaimed spiritual medium, and Natacha Rey, a self-described independent journalist, helped push the “she was born male” rumor in late 2021.
  • Later reporting says the rumor spread more broadly through far-right and conspiracy circles online.
  • In the U.S., the 2025 lawsuit against Candace Owens says she revived and spread the claim to a larger audience, and the complaint says she was the first to introduce it to U.S. media and a global audience.

Important caution

This claim is false and defamatory in the cases reported, not a verified fact. If you mean a different president’s spouse, the answer could be different, since “presidents’ wives” is broad and the rumor has shown up in multiple unrelated contexts.

Source-based answer

If you’re asking about the specific rumor that a president’s wife “was a man,” the best-documented origin point in current reporting is the Brigitte Macron rumor, which was pushed online by Natacha Rey and Amandine Roy and then amplified by others, including Candace Owens in later U.S. coverage.

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