Brigitte Bardot died on December 28 aged 91, following months of declining health.
The French actress, who was best known for her work in And God Created Woman, had faced two recent hospitalizations in the months leading up to her passing.
In October 2025, Brigitte spent three weeks in the hospital as she needed to undergo a procedure that her office initially described as “minor surgery.” However, French media reports indicated the operation was part of a treatment plan for an unspecified but “serious illness.” Then, in November, she was admitted a second time for approximately 10 days due to complications or follow-up treatment related to the same ongoing health concern.
Her cause of death has not yet been revealed.
However, following the star’s death, her controversial past has once again been brought to light, one mired with racism, homophobia, and anti-feminism.
From the 1990s, the famed actress had been convicted five times in French courts for “inciting racial hatred.” These convictions stem from her criticisms of immigration, Islam, and the ritual slaughter of animals by Muslims in France. She also expressed xenophobic and Islamophobic views in her book Un cri dans le silence (A Cry in the Silence).
In turn, she was fined six times, with her largest being in 2020 when she had to pay €20,000 ($23,500) after she referred to the inhabitants of Réunion island as “degenerate savages” with “savage genes.” In total, Brigitte paid €50,000 to €55,000 ($59,000 to $65,000) in fines for racist crimes.
Brigitte had also been accused of being an anti-feminist after she dismissed the #MeToo movement as “hypocritical” and “ridiculous.” The 91-year-old even went as far as to say many actresses “tease” producers to get roles and then claim harassment to gain publicity.
Throughout her life, Brigitte had also been a critic of the LGBTQ+ community, once referring to gay people as “fairground freaks” and complaining about the visibility of transgender people.
Politically, she has often been referred to as a “Neo-Nazi,” due to her aforementioned views and alignment with the far-right.
Brigitte was a staunch supporter of Marine Le Pen, and the National Front, a far-right French political party. Additionally, her third husband, Bernard d’Ormale, was a former advisor to the party’s founder, Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Away from politics, Brigitte further faced controversy in her personal life, especially surrounding her son, whom she has openly admitted wanting to abort.
Brigitte famously resented her pregnancy with her only son, Nicolas Charrier, describing it as an “ordeal” and comparing it to a “tumor.” In 1997, she also faced a lawsuit regarding her words about her son and his father, as she wrote she would have preferred to “give birth to a little dog.” They were awarded damages for emotional distress.
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