Brigitte Macron’s daughter is reportedly dating a student two decades younger than her, a romance that has drawn comparisons to her mother’s own high-profile marriage to French President Emmanuel Macron.
Tiphaine Auzière, 42, shared a video on Instagram from a getaway to Amsterdam, where she appeared affectionate and relaxed alongside 22-year-old business student Antoine Lecomte.
According to reports, the pair first crossed paths during the summer in Le Touquet, the chic resort town on France’s north-west coast long associated with the Macron family.
Lecomte was working in the area as a kitesurfing instructor and is said to have introduced Auzière to e-foiling, the increasingly popular water sport that uses an electric surfboard.
A friend close to the French president’s stepdaughter told Gala magazine that their connection was clear from the start, saying they bonded over “a love of Le Touquet and thrills,” as well as shared interests in travel and entrepreneurship.
Her new relationship comes after she split up with Cyril Hanouna, a controversial TV host in France, in May 2026.
It also reported that Ms Auzière, a lawyer and politician, has introduced Mr Lecomte to her two children, 12-year-old Élise and Aurèle, ten.
Their relationship is remarkably similar to the one between Brigitte, 73, and Emmanuel Macron, 48, a 25-year age gap.
Tiphaine Auzière, 42, posted a video on Instagram showing her with 22-year-old business student Antoine Lecomte
Ms Auzière, a lawyer and politician, is said to have introduced Lecomte to her two children
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte Macron (R) stand prior welcoming Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his wife Ana Maslac Plenkovic (not pictured) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 8 2025
Macron, too, was a student when he met Brigitte. But unlike Mr Lecomte, Macron was just 15. On top of this, he was a student at La Providence, a private school in Amiens, northern France, where she taught.
She was also a 39-year-old mother-of-three who was married to banker André-Louis Auzière when they began their affair.
Macron’s parents removed him from the school once the relationship came to light.
His mother, Francoise Nogues-Macron told Anne Fulda, who penned the book Emmanuel Macron: A Perfect Young Man: ‘We just couldn’t believe it. What is clear is that when Emmanuel met Brigitte, we couldn’t just say, “That’s great”.’
She added: ‘What mattered to me was not the fact he was having a relationship with Brigitte but that he was alive and there weren’t any problems.’
Macron’s father, Jean-Michel Macron, meanwhile said he ‘almost fell off his chair’ upon hearing the news.
Ms Auzière was just nine when the affair between Emmanuel and Brigitte began. She said in 2018: ‘They were quite smitten and it was quite obvious between them and very difficult.’
Despite this, she said of their relationship: ‘If I have to give a vision of love, it’s Emmanuel and Mummy. When they are together, it is almost as if the world doesn’t exist.’
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Tiphaine Auziere (L), daughter of French first lady Brigitte Macron (R), speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron (C) after he is sworn-in for a second term as president following his re-election on April 14, during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 7, 2022
Brigitte Macron and Tiphaine Auziere during presentations ahead of an official state dinner as part of the Chinese president’s two-day state visit to France, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 6, 2024
She added that she and her siblings, Sébastien and Laurence, ‘suffered as little as possible’ when her parents got divorced in 2006.
Macron and Brigitte eventually married the following year when he was 29 and she was 54. As he became a stepfather to her three adult children, he reportedly told them at the wedding reception: ‘Thanks for accepting us, a not-quite-normal couple.’
André-Louis Auzière died in 2019, Tiphaine revealed in late 2020. She said in October of that year: ‘My father died, I buried him on December 24 [2019] in the strictest privacy. I adored him, he was a being apart, a nonconformist who valued his anonymity more than anything. He must be respected.’
Brigitte is reportedly over the moon about her daughter’s new relationship.
A source told Gala of Brigitte’s reaction: ‘She reacted just like any mother would. All that matters to her is her daughter’s happiness, so she’s very happy to see her thriving.
‘She’ll be delighted to meet Antoine.’
Ms Auzière has in the past defended her mother against what she called sexist and ageist attacks.
She said in 2017, while she was standing as a parliamentary candidate for her stepfather’s La Republique En Marche party: ‘I think we cannot remain indifferent to this, and now I do not want to give any importance to people who convey this kind of stuff, because I find it totally outrageous in France in the 21st century to make such attacks
Tiphaine Auziere (R) and her ex-husband Antoine Choteau (L) arrive at the Elysee presidential Palace to attend Emmanuel Macron’s formal inauguration ceremony as French President on May 14, 2017 in Paris
Ms Auzière was just nine when the affair between Emmanuel and Brigitte began
‘These are attacks that we wouldn’t direct at male politicians or at a man who would accompany a female politician. So I think there’s a lot of jealousy, and that this is very inappropriate.’
She added: ‘On the ground, on the contrary, I meet people who admire what she does, her work, her involvement. If people have nothing else to do but criticise, let them do it, it will only bring us closer together.’
Ms Auzière separated from her former partner, gastroenterologist and hepatologist Antoine Choteau, in January 2025.
They had been in a civil partnership since 2010, and chose not to disclose the circumstances of the breakup.
But they are still on good terms, despite the end of their relationship.
The couple had a home in both Paris and Le Touquet – where she met her new partner.