Brigitte Bardot died today, at age 91.
And she was, in many ways, the French equivalent of Marilyn Monroe — stunningly gorgeous, blonde, a little tragic and never happy in love for long. Bardot was an actress, a model, a singer and an animal rights activist whom Charles de Gaulle himself famously labeled: “An export product as powerful as Renault cars.”
Now beauty is, of course, subjective. Different things appeal to different people. I happen to find Bardot absolutely stunning. But Marilyn, it must be said, was no slouch… she was gorgeous, too, and a legendary figure, in large part due to her early death…
Bardot did one thing Marilyn never did — age. She grew old, and she grew fat. Her men left her, or she left them. Her only son, whom she abandoned, cut off all contact with her. And when her son moved to Norway and married a Norwegian model, he kept his family far away from her. Brigitte Bardot hardly knew her grandchildren, didn’t bounce her great-grandchildren on her knee, and she died alone without her family by her bedside…
Marilyn Monroe died young enough to remain a mystery. Whereas Brigitte Bardot lived long enough to make unfortunate statements against “race-mixing”, get sued — thrice! — for racist remarks and she became somewhat of an extremist animal rights activist, abandoned by her family and giving all her love to another species. Then she died, alone, after a hedonistic and rather selfish life in the spotlights. A beautiful, but deeply troubled woman.
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