Talk:Brigitte Bardot

Is the phrasing "For ship named after her" correct?

Or do we need to add "the"? Apokrif (talk) 03:06, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Add two citations

BB has been convicted of inciting racial hatred six times. I have tried every which way to merely note this with two sentences with citations. SEE BELOW But for some reason they keep getting taken down Why?

Bardot has been convicted of inciting racial hatred multiple times. {https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-33883520080603} Bardot is handed her sixth fine for “Inciting Racial Hatred” {https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/11/brigitte-bardot-fined-for-inciting-racial-hatred}

She has been convicted SIX TIMES! This seems noteworthy! 73.24.160.43 (talk) 02:36, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

The facts of these stories are certainly worthy of inclusion, but you need to be more careful in how you attempt to include them. We have a responsibility to ensure, per WP:BLP, that the tone is neutral. It’s especially worth noting guidelines at MOS:RACIST, given that some of your edits included phrasing like Bardot is a fascist. and Bardot is a racist ….

While I disagree with the decision to remove these well-sourced—if poorly phrased—additions outright, it is likely that other editors are put off by your unceasing attempts, as well as by your phrasing. For better or worse, it is not their responsibility to copy edit your contentious labels, rather than simply removing them. Remember pragmatically, it is always easier for other editors (who are all volunteers) to just click undo, than to edit your additions, especially when your additions are contentious. In all: consider phrasing these sorts of additions carefully. It is not Wikipedia’s place to call her a racist, but we can certainly note that she has been indicted for inciting racial hatred. — HTGS (talk) 23:51, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

BB in pop culture

Chicago-based band Brigitte Calls Me Baby is named in her honor. The Vanishing of Will Byers (talk) 19:15, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Somebody replaced ʒ with dʒ in the name pronunciation in English. If it is correct then, probably, it is necessary to change also the pronunciation respelling. Maybe brij-EET or even BRIJ-eet? D.M. from Ukraine (talk) 20:51, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Probably, BRI-jit would be proper pronunciation respelling. I will change it this way if nobody replies. --D.M. from Ukraine (talk) 15:44, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

• Pronunciations will vary depending on regional and personal accents. I have removed this per MOS:LEADCLUTTER. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:29, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Referenced in music

Referenced in music - The Pretenders "Message of Love" — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2025-43485-43 (talk) 12:52, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on December 28, 2025

Change: "In 1997, Bardot and her publisher, Éditions Grasset, were ordered to pay 28,000 pounds because of "hurtful remarks" about her son and former husband Jacques Charrier contained in her autobiography." to: "In 1997, Bardot and her publisher, Éditions Grasset, were ordered to pay 28,000 pounds because of "hurtful remarks" about her son, and former husband Jacques Charrier, contained in her autobiography." ~2025-33147-77 (talk) 14:09, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

 Not done. That's an inappropriate comma. I can kind of see what you're going for, but that's not the way to get there. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 14:26, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

Y I've reworked the paragraph to make it clearer. Andrew🐉(talk) 07:53, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 December 2025

In reference to the sentence

"[Bardot] was the subject of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir's 1959 essay The Lolita Syndrome, which described her as a "locomotive of women's history" and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the most liberated woman of France,"

the claims made are unsubstantiated by the de Beauvoir's essay. Neither the term "locomotive of women's history" nor Bridgette Bardot's supposed liberation are mentioned. It is not clear where these ideas originated.

"[Vadim] invented a resolutely modern version of ‘the eternal female’ and thereby launched a new type of eroticism" Is a sentence that does appear in de Beauvoir's essay in reference to the film "And God Created Woman" [page 8]. https://archive.org/details/SimoneDeBeauvoirBrigitteBardotAndTheLOlitaSyndromecut/page/n7/mode/2up

It is apparent in de Beauvoir's essay that Bardot was a bringer of sexual evolution. I suggest revising the wiki entry using this primary source material to further discuss the importance of the film "And God Created Woman," and either rearranging or removing the mention of her nickname "sex kitten," which seems less relevant to her iconic status and does not capture the remarkable culture-shifting she precipitated by her ingenuous and candid sexuality, which drew admiration and hostility alike. ~2025-43864-78 (talk) 14:58, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

You are correct that "locomotive of women's history" does not appear in The Lolita Syndrome. Perhaps it is from another work by de Beauvoir? I would argue that the essay does describe Bardot as a liberated woman and a symbol of women's liberation, though "the most liberated woman of France" seems like hyperbole. Day Creature (talk) 16:14, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Because this does not look like an edit request at all, rather like an essay to back up a theory that you have not mentioned. Theeverywhereperson (talk here) 19:13, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Proseline in Politics and legal issues

the section regarding bardot's politics is very WP:PROSELINE-y and (personally) does not make for engaging reading. i wanted to gauge whether people would be on board with further separating this section into subheaders dealing with individual topics (e.g. race, animal rights, gender etc.)

i recognise that a lot of the time the issues discussed cover several different issues, and so it might be tough to keep the exact context of each comment, but i think it would be preferable to the wall of text we have currently. Blaithnaid (talk) 21:38, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

1950 & 1951

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/1950-bardot

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/1951-bardot

Piñanana (talk) 09:55, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

Brigitte Bardot In Louveciennes With Family May 1952 by Walter Carone for Paris Match

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/bardot-louveciennes

Piñanana (talk) 09:59, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

17 Rue du Général Leclerc, 78430 Louveciennes, France

https://web.archive.org/web/20260103115100/https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/louveciennes_78350/louveciennes-bazoches-sur-guyonne-brigitte-bardot-et-les-yvelines-une-veritable-histoire-damour_63628387.html the Norwegian pavilion... now the property of Mijanou

https://web.archive.org/web/20150721060552/https://www.worldfairs.info/expopavillondetails.php?expo_id=6&pavillon_id=979

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/brigitte-bardot-in-louveciennes-with-family-brigitte-passe-news-photo/160691134

https://web.archive.org/web/20161119022220/https://cghlouveciennes.fr/expose_le_chalet_bardot.pdf

https://cghlouveciennes.fr/ la propriété située au 17 rue du Général Leclerc à Louveciennes, célèbre pour avoir accueilli le mariage de Brigitte Bardot en 1959

fr:Vestiges des expositions internationales de Paris

https://www.cirkwi.com/fr/point-interet/824312-maison-de-la-famille-bardot-17-rue-du-general-leclerc https://www.cirkwi.com/en/point-interet/824312-bardot-family-house-17-rue-du-general-leclerc Le grand-père de Brigitte Bardot fit remonter le pavillon norvégien de l’exposition universelle de 1889, à Paris, à cet endroit.

https://livres-anciens.fr/gb/livres-modernes-1800-a-nos-jours/17359-miche-dach-une-propriete-emblematique-de-louveciennes.html Piñanana (talk) 12:31, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

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Questionable editing on racism

I think the construction of the following paragraph, as well as its placement, functions to downplay and condone some really extreme racism, and the lead-in in general conveys bias as if from the PoV of a big fan of hers. I understand the desire to be "non-biased" may have been part of why the racism would not be condemned in the article, but I think there is a responsibility to also not allow a bias towards portraying a very controversial, racist, person as a hero and obscure the racism to a more casual article skimmer, particularly children, who may not understand why calling Muslims savages and hoodlums is considered wrong almost universally when their most trusted secondary source writes it out in this manner.

When we see an entry on a racist who is more recognized as being "A Racist" in most of society, some entries will simply say something they did or said WAS racist. Their status as "A racist" is often more upfront in the articles, like perhaps it would fit better if moved up to the first paragraph, beside the notation of animal activism, before the detailed "feminist icon" bit.Which is itself a whole other problem, given that later in the article we find out she was frankly rather anti-feminist in several ways, such as opposing Me Too. She also displayed anti-semitism which is not mentioned in the introduction, among other things like homophobia. The later "Personal Life" section does expand on this, and I think that section is very helpful to give readers more context and references. 

I am curious about what more in depth research might show. I wonder if she was actually correct about her claims about Jewish slaughter methods (no dispute of her claims is mentioned) or whether the content of the letter considered antisemitic was left out of this article, as is hinted at by the quoted response? 

Getting back to the introduction, letting her have the last word with a denial of her racism might be followed up with any sort of response to it, such as if any critics or victims wrote a response to it. Instead, it is followed by listing awards she received, which also subtly functions as a message to negate the charges of racism to the more suggestible readers.

Below is the paragraph I am primarily responding to. Thank you.

(eta I agree with the earlier comment saying that "Political Views and Legal Issues" ought to have its own entry. This would also help with this issue of potential minimization, as people curious could quickly navigate to that section.)

After retiring from acting in 1973, Bardot became an animal rights activist and created the Brigitte Bardot Foundation. She was known for her strong personality, outspokenness, speeches on animal welfare, and for her long-term support of far-right views. She was fined twice for public insults, and five times for inciting racial hatred for her criticism of Muslims in France and calling residents of Réunion "savages". She responded: "I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody. It is not in my character [...] Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere." Bardot was a member of the Global 500 Roll of Honour of the United Nations Environment Programmeand received several awards and accolades from UNESCO and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). ~2026-11332-01 (talk) 03:57, 20 February 2026 (UTC)