Initially, Owens accused the First Lady of France of being a man, for which the Macron family sued her. Now she claims that Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron themselves organized her assassination.
The American commentator, known for her radical views, reported that the president and his wife "paid" for her elimination. These statements were published in a piece by Euronews.
A recording of her claims appeared on the platform X on November 22 and garnered over 40 million views.
However, Owens, known for initiating a campaign to spread rumors about the First Lady's transgender identity, did not provide any convincing evidence for her statements.
According to her, she was contacted by a "high-ranking official from the French government".
“The GIGN group was given permission,” she stated. “I was informed that one Israeli was part of the hit squad, and this plan was officially approved.”
The French intervention group GIGN (Groupe d’intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale) denied these accusations, calling them fake news. Representatives of the group emphasized that their activities focus on counter-terrorism operations and crime fighting.
Additionally, Owens added that Xavier Pussar, a former editor of the far-right publication "Faits et documents", also became a victim of a death threat.
The idea that the spouse of the President of France is not a woman by birth was first voiced by Natasha Rey in 2021, who called herself a journalist.
“This conspiracy theory gained international notoriety in 2024 when it was picked up by Candace Owens with the support of Xavier Pussar,” noted Rudy Reichstadt, director of the organization Conspiracy Watch, which analyzes conspiracy theories, in an interview with The Cube.
In July, the Macron family filed a defamation lawsuit against Owens.
“It is likely that Candace Owens has delved into radical conspiracy theories due to the legal proceedings initiated against her by the Macron family in Delaware,” added Reichstadt. “She started as a conservative activist but soon began spreading increasingly controversial ideas and anti-Semitic remarks.”
“She claimed that dinosaurs never existed and that humans have never been to the Moon. She also commented on a number of theories related to the murder of Charlie Kirk and the Jeffrey Epstein case,” he continued.
The Murder of Charlie Kirk: What’s the Connection to France?
In her post on X, Owens also claims that a certain official from the French government told her that the alleged murderer of Charlie Kirk—Tyler Robinson—was trained in the 13th Brigade of the French Foreign Legion.
Charlie Kirk, a close associate of Donald Trump, was killed during a campaign event at the University of Utah.
After that, the claim gained renewed popularity when Telegram founder Pavel Durov called it “plausible.” Durov is currently under investigation in France for alleged complicity in crimes related to Telegram.
However, a representative of the French Ministry of Defense told The Cube that Robinson never served in the Foreign Legion.
“If he was not part of any American military unit, he could not have trained in the French Foreign Legion,” noted the representative.
The day after her first post on this topic, Owens published a screenshot from Google showing details of joint exercises conducted by the U.S. Marine Corps and the French Foreign Legion in California from August 4 to 25.
Owens commented on the screenshot, stating: “The fact that French legionnaires trained with our Marines for three weeks could not be a coincidence.”
“After these exercises in California, other military exercises involving civilians began at Camp Riley in Minnesota,” she added, suggesting that French legionnaires were involved in the murder of Charlie Kirk.
A representative from the Ministry of Defense refuted this, stating that “from August 25 to September 10, 2025, there were no exercises of the Foreign Legion at Camp Riley. The exercises in California ended on August 25, 2025.”
Baseless Accusations
In another post on X, Owens claimed that “payments for assassinations go through Le Club des Cent in France” and urged “patriots of France” to find evidence.
However, she provided no factual evidence, and Le Club des Cents, an exclusive private club for men, did not respond to media inquiries.
“People with critical thinking can doubt these statements. But there are also those who know that this is nothing more than a fabrication or, at the very least, lacks sufficient grounds,” noted Reichstadt. “They are spread for political or ideological reasons to irritate their opponents.”
