Macron鈥檚 hairy chest picture picked up by US TV host
Jimmy Fallon used the photo 鈥� which shows the president with his shirt partly unbuttoned 鈥� as part of a sketch on The Tonight Show
Jimmy Fallon has used a picture of President Macron with his shirt party unbuttoned as material in a sketch
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American comedian and television host Jimmy Fallon has used a photograph of President Emmanuel Macron with his shirt open and chest hair on display in a sketch on last night鈥檚 The Tonight Show (April 20).
The photo was taken by Mr Macron鈥檚 official photographer Soazig de la Moissonni猫re, in a 鈥榖ehind the scenes鈥� shot from his campaign visit to Marseille on Saturday (April 16).
It shows the president-candidate sitting on a sofa with his shirt partly unbuttoned, laughing at something out of shot.
In his Tonight Show sketch, Mr Fallon appeared as Mr Macron, complete with beret, baguette and glass of wine, and sang a 鈥榗ampaign song鈥� which went: 鈥淏onjour, it鈥檚 me, with my chest hair you see. Do you think I鈥檓 sexy?
鈥淚 sure hope you say 鈥榦ui鈥�. I have good policies for the economy. I shall make my VP (vice president) Emily in Paris.鈥�
Since its publication, the photo has been doing the rounds on social media, and has also been picked up by the British media, with The Times publishing an article on 鈥渢he great chest hair debate.鈥�
The article opened: 鈥淲hat do you look for in a politician? Honesty? Integrity? Or a thick rug of chest hair worthy of a Pantene ad (and possibly a screen test for a new production of Tarzan)?鈥�
The Telegraph, for its part, questioned whether this 鈥渟trategy鈥� was 鈥渁cceptable鈥�.
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