The acting legend caused a stir during his second life.
The late actress Brigitte Bardot is remembered for her great career. The star with a striking appearance was a sex symbol of the 50s and 60s, admired by many.
The last film in which the film star acted was released in 1973 The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot. After this, Bardot decided to leave her acting career.
However, Bardot did not disappear from the public eye. The star’s outings and political opinions attracted criticism and overshadowed his life until the end.
Judgment clicked
Bardot was heavily featured in the headlines in the 1990s, although this time the admiring tone was different. The actor complained Le Figaroin his article published in “the overgrowth of the foreign population” in France and criticized the Muslim way of slaughtering lambs in honor of the Id al-Adha celebration. Bardot was a fierce supporter of animal rights.
The court eventually fined the star for inciting racial hatred.
However, Bardot did not care about this.
In 1999, a book was published by Bardot Le Carre de Pluto. On the pages of the book, the actor once again took Muslims to heart.
– My country has once again been taken over by the overwhelming population growth of foreigners, especially Muslims.
Once again, the court sentenced the star to fines.
Brigitte Bardot was the sex symbol of the big screen. PDO
The next book A Cry in the Silence saw the light of day in 2003. This too was not without uproar. Bardot was worried about the “mixing of races”. At the same time, he praised the previous generations who had given their lives to push the “invaders out of the land”.
The actor tried to defend himself by saying that he did not want to offend anyone, but the court did not accept this explanation. The actor received a fine.
– Mrs. Bardot portrays Muslims as barbaric and cruel conquerors who are responsible for terrorist acts and want to control the French to the point of exterminating them, the court stated.
During her life, Bardot was fined six times. Often the reason was comments directed at Muslims.
Brigitte Bardot raised eyebrows with her writings. PDO
Gay as friends
Islam and Muslims were not the only things Bardot publicly criticized. Homosexuals also got their share. A Cry in the Silence –in his opus he called gays “circus freaks”. The star thinks that gay people should hide their lifestyle like they used to in the old days.
Bardot was disturbed by how today’s gay men “wave their behinds, raise their little fingers in the air and complain in their little castrate-like voices about what the horrible straights have done to them.”
Arvatenki star later tried to explain his writings by saying that he has gay men as friends.
Bardot’s love life was also often in the headlines. PDO
Me too movement
In 2018, we got excited again. This time, Bardot spoke strongly about the Me too movement, which brought sexual harassment to the fore. Many women spoke publicly about the harassment they faced on social media.
In an interview with Paris Match magazine, the acting legend called the movement “pretentious, ridiculous and boring”.
– Many actors flirt with producers to get a role. Then, when they tell the story afterwards, they say they were molested.
The former sex symbol had not personally experienced harassment in her career. On the contrary, she liked the attention of men.
– I thought it was nice when people told me that I was beautiful or that I had a nice little butt. Such compliments are nice.
Bardot died at the age of 91 on December 28.
Sources: The Guardian, Out, Al-Jazeera and People