Brigitte Bardot is dead

[malaise]

at the age of 91.
I had no idea that she was still alive.
She was definitely a big star when we discovered the movies.

Let me add that she was not by any means a decent human being - she was quite the racist, homophobe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I thought she was older than that. She had a notable career after her acting days were iver. NT

[Coldwater]

2. So, it has been confirmed?

Pardon my skepticism but after all the recent reports of her death were confirmed as hoaxes, I'm sure you can understand

[hlthe2b]

3. The Guardian: Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91

Definitely not a "good person," but I will credit her with her animal activism. Beyond that, she seemed to harbor a LOT of hatred towards a lot of people. She was even convicted for inciting racial hatred.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/28/brigitte-bardot-french-screen-legend-and-animal-rights-activist-dies

[lostnfound]

5. A complicated person.

Her support for animal rights was deep and highly impactful.

The anti-Muslim-immigration point of view is a little different issue in France than in the US. How does a sex symbol whose entire life was built around voluptuous sexuality for women, reconcile with immigration that was shifting her country’s mores toward women-must-cover-themselves at public beaches? With schools that were in some towns starting to insist on head coverings for girls in school?

Tolerance of intolerance is a risk to the rights of women. Do we want Christian nationalists to take over parts of the US and impose their version of morality? I don’t.

She was not a person prone to careful intellectual distinctions; she lived through her feelings, which were..messy.

[Raine]

4. Did much for animals ... a cause that's important

to me.

[valleyrogue]

26. And her embracing fascistic ideas somehow lets her off the hook, right?

She was an outright fascist, was racist, xenophobic, homophobic, misogynistic, but somehow so-called "animal rights" lets her off the hook?

She was far worse than Erika Kirk.

No. There are plenty of people who do things for animals who aren't vile POS.

[Goonch]

6. ;-{)

[BH liberal]

7. "Bebe" Bardot was a contradiction...

She was marketed as a "sex kitten" and an embodiment of an emerging female sexual liberation while being steered and manipulated by Roger Vadim and other men. She struggled with the lack of privacy that her fame brought with it. Why is it that the public expects celebrities to be exemplary human beings? So many are not. The power, influence and wealth that often come with celebrity can be corrupting, indeed. Her advocacy for animal rights is a positive part of the legacy she leaves. RIP Brigitte...

[valleyrogue]

25. Her supposed work for animals was due entirely to her hatred for people.

She was nothing to admire whatsoever.

[QueerDuck]

8. I love Paris in the spring.

[marble falls]

10. April, in particular. When it is swamped by tourists.

[marble falls]

9. I never really got her appeal, I think she cared more for animals than humans - most of her criticism of others ...

... seemed more about the treatment of animals. I think her big fault was measuring everybody else by her standards, she dissed feminism because she wasn't affected by misogyny and closed doors due to her fame and success almost from her birth.

She was right about one thing:

During the 2008 United States presidential election, Bardot branded Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as "stupid" and a "disgrace to women". She criticized the former Alaskan governor for her stance on global warming and gun control. She was further offended by Palin's support for Arctic oil exploration and by her lack of consideration in protecting polar bears.[115]

I still don't get her appeal. A large part of her success was due to her shock value and looks. What little I saw of her in films showed a very shallow and wooden performance.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. She was a terrible person and people have trouble accepting that because she was conventionally sexy.

[QueerDuck]

12. Her inner hate and ugliness manifested in ways that turned her into someone who could be a disney villain.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. Yes I'm sure she wasn't racist at all when she was young and hot

[QueerDuck]

16. LOL! It's cumulative... like a living Dorian Gray portrait.

Yes I'm sure she wasn't racist at all when she was young and hot

That seems unlikely, but she was probably better at keeping her toxic views to herself. Later she stopped caring, obviously.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. that's eugenicist thinking, but ok

[QueerDuck]

18. LOL

That's over-thinking and "taking-me-far-too-seriously" thinking... but okay.

[valleyrogue]

14. She was a terrible person. There is no getting around it.

She was a bigot of every kind of stripe. She was France's version of David Duke.

Yes, she loved animals, but so did Hitler. Like Hitler, she hated people, especially certain types of people. She didn't kill people, but her political beliefs multiplied by millions are what gave rise to fascism in Europe.

She was long married to a former advisor to the far right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen. That is as bad as it gets in French politics.

She doesn't get a pass in my book.

[BH liberal]

15. Just because a person ages poorly...

doesn't mean they are "villains". Lots of actors, male and female, have been and are in that same boat. It's mainly in the genes, after all. In many cases, drugs and alcohol play a part.

[valleyrogue]

23. The ugliness was internal and not external.

There is no getting around it.

[MineralMan]

19. Yes. She lived to a ripe old age, indeed.

She was in the very first movie scene with nudity I ever saw, long, long ago in 1963. I did not expect that, nor did my high school girlfriend, who said, "Wow! I wish I looked like that!" Interesting reaction, I thought, at the time.

[malaise]

20. LOL😀

[MineralMan]

22. I have never really been interested in the politics of celebrities.

I just don't see that as relevant. I'm not really a fan of anyone, either, though. I always see the roles before I notice the actors. I never seem to be able to name the actor who played some role in a movie. That surprises my wife every time, since she does remember their names.

[valleyrogue]

24. This one was beyond the pale.

She was an outright fascist. She was long married to a former advisor to Jean-Marie Le Pen, which is as bad as it gets politically in France. Le Pen died almost a year ago, at age 96, which means the good really do die young.