by French acting royalty Brigitte Bardot has been hospitalised with a serious illness, according to local reports.
The actor, best known for roles such as And God Created Woman and Le Mépris, has reportedly left her home in Saint-Tropez to receive care in a Toulon hospital.
Local publication Var Martin state that Bardot has been staying at the Saint-Jean private hospital in the region for the past three weeks, where she has undergone surgery.
While the details of the surgery have not been reported, Var Martin report that the medical procedure was “as part of a serious illness”.
The report continued: “She is expected to be released from the hospital in a few days but her condition remains worrying”.
During a rare interview in 2024 to celebrate her 90th birthday with the French newspaper Le Monde, Bardot provided an update on her life since stepping out of the limelight.
She shared, “My isolation is a choice. It’s a luxury. Silence. Being quiet, with very few people around. Having peace. Without a madding crowd around you. Without being put on display. Solitude, as I embrace it, has always been my dream, and now I embrace it, my dream. I am delighted with my current condition.”
Bardot, who is a renowned animal rights activist, also said of her off-grid living arrangements in the Var region of France, “I don’t need anything. The way I live, I have everything I need. I never want more than I have. I cook my own meals with natural things. Since I’m a vegetarian, it’s very easy. I’ll tell you, I wear the same clothes I did when I was 50 – I’m lucky to have kept the same figure.”
Earlier this year, Bardot, who is a public supporter of far-right politician Marine Le Pen and has been fined for inciting racial hatred, courted controversy for denouncing the MeToo movement. She told BMFTV in a TV interview: “Feminism is not my thing”.
Bardot continued, “People with talent who grab a girl’s bottom are thrown into the bottom of the ditch. We could at least let them carry on living. They can’t live any more.”
