Chappell Roan has deleted a tribute she posted to the late actor Brigitte Bardot after learning some of her 'insane' views.
French actor Bardot was best known for her roles in films like Viva Maria! and The Truth; however, she became a pop culture icon as a 'sex symbol', which led to comparisons to Marilyn Monroe.
On Sunday (28 December), it was announced that the model had passed away at the age of 91 in her house in southern France, with French president Emmanuel Macron paying tribute to her on X, writing: "We are mourning a legend."
Another tribute to Bardot was given by singer Chappell Roan, who posted on Instagram after her death was announced, saying: “Rest in peace Ms. Bardot.
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"She was my inspiration for [one of Roan’s most popular songs] Red Wine Supernova.”
Bardot is referenced in her hit song, 'Red Wine Supernova', with the lyrics in the song read: “She was a playboy, Brigitte Bardot/ She showed me things I didn’t know/ She did it right there out on the deck/ Put her canine teeth in the side of my neck.”
However, the actor was a controversial figure as she'd previously been accused of racist comments, amongst other things.
After learning about this, Roan deleted her tribute and apologised, writing in a follow-up post: “Holy sh*t I did not know all that insane s**t Ms. Bardot stood for obvs I do not condone this.
“Very disappointing to learn.”
After her career in entertainment and her pivot towards animal activism, Bardot's controversial political views became well-known.
The former model was fined on five separate occasions for inciting racial hatred, predominantly for her remarks about Muslim people in France.
She also called the people of the French island off the coast of Africa, Reunion, ‘savages’.
She claimed that France had been ‘invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims’ in one remark for which she was fined, as well as later saying that Islam was ‘destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its habits’.
In her 2003 book, 'A Cry in the Silence', Bardot faced a huge amount of criticism after describing the LGBTQ+ community as being 'fairground freaks', also attributing them to the 'destruction' of French culture.
She responded to the backlash by claiming that she had gay friends and didn't like that 'modern gays' blamed their problems on heterosexual people (via People).
Bardot later became heavily involved in far-right politics, supporting Jean Le Pen, the founder of the far-right party National Rally, and his daughter Marine Le Pen.
In one of her final interviews before her death in 2025, she also decried the #MeToo movement, saying: “Feminism isn’t my thing. I like guys.”
She also called the movement 'hypocritical, ridiculous and uninteresting' in a 2018 interview with Paris Match, saying: "Many actresses flirt with producers to get a role. Then when they tell the story afterward, they say they have been harassed. In actual fact, rather than benefit them, it only harms them."
Bardot added: "The vast majority are being hypocritical and ridiculous. I thought it was nice to be told that I was beautiful or that I had a pretty little ass.
"This kind of compliment is nice."
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