"With her death on 28 December, another more contemporary Bardot illusion was shattered. The singer Chappell Roan, responding to Bardot's passing at 91, posted a photo of the actor in her beehived prime on Instagram, saying she had inspired her song Red Wine Supernova and writing: Rest in peace Ms Bardot."
"Later-life Bardot was a passionate defender of animal rights, true, but she was also a committed, enthusiastic racist, who wrote of Muslims: They slaughter women and children, our monks, our civil servants, our tourists and our sheep, one day they'll slaughter us, and we'll have deserved it. Elsewhere, she wrote: Illegal immigrants desecrate and storm our churches, transforming them into human pigsties, defecating behind the altar, urinating against the columns, spreading their nauseating stench beneath the sacred vaults of the choir."
"The following day, the post was hastily deleted. Holy shit, Roan wrote on her Instagram Stories, I did not know all that insane shit Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this. very disappointing to learn. Which insane shit, Roan didn't specify, but in truth there is plenty to choose from."
Brigitte Bardot embodied a mid-century French sex symbol and inspired cultural fantasies, including a 1969 bust modeled for Marianne. She died on 28 December at age 91. Singer Chappell Roan posted a vintage photo linking Bardot to the song Red Wine Supernova, then deleted the post and disavowed Bardot's views after learning them. Bardot became a passionate defender of animal rights later in life. She also expressed virulent anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiments, writing graphic denunciations, and was convicted five times for incitement to racial hatred. She additionally disparaged gay people and dismissed #MeToo victims as hypocritical and pointless.
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