French interior mister Gerald Darmanin has defended Marlene Schiappa's playboy cover photoshoot.<br /><br />The minister for the social economy was fully clothed for the shoot for the April edition of the magazine in France.<br /><br />She tweeted about her decision to pose for the photographs, saying: "Defending the right of women to do what they want with their bodies: everywhere and all the time. In France, women are free. Whether it annoys the retrogrades and hypocrites or not."<br /><br />Speaking about the controversial move, Darmanin said: "Being a free woman is never easy."
