She wrote: “Holy s*** I did not know all that insane s*** Ms. Bardot stood for. “Very disappointing to learn.”After rising to fame in films like And God Created Woman, Bardot – who is regarded as an icon of French cinema – faced her share of scandals and controversy. Bardot herself was fined 30,000 francs by a French court in 2000 for inciting racial hatred in her 1999 book Le Carre de Pluton. She will be greatly missed by us.”Meanwhile, the city of Saint-Tropez – where Bardot lived – mourned their “most radiant ambassador”. “Brigitte Bardot now belongs to the collective memory of Saint-Tropez, which we must preserve.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 30, 2025 22:21 UTC