Editing Brigitte Bardot (section)

===Politics and legal issues===
Bardot expressed support for President [[Charles de Gaulle]] in the 1960s.<ref name="InitialsBB"/><ref name="nytimes"/>

In her 1999 book ''Le Carré de Pluton'' (''Pluto's Square''), Bardot criticizes the procedure used in the [[ritual slaughter]] of sheep during the Muslim festival of [[Eid al-Adha]]. Additionally, in a section in the book entitled "Open Letter to My Lost France," she writes that "my country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims." For this comment, a French court fined her 30,000 francs (about 4,200 US dollars in 2000<ref name=convert/>) in June 2000. She had been fined in 1997 for the original publication of this open letter in ''[[Le Figaro]]'' and again in 1998 for making similar remarks.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/793390.stm|title=Bardot fined for racist remarks|work=BBC News|date=16 June 2000|access-date=13 March 2010|location=London}}</ref><ref name="bbc3">{{cite news|title=Bardot racism conviction upheld|date=11 May 2001|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1324707.stm|access-date=17 January 2008|work=BBC News|location=London}}</ref><ref name="bbc4">{{cite news|title=Bardot anti-Muslim comments draw fire|date=14 May 2003|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3027955.stm|access-date=17 January 2008|work=BBC News|location=London}}</ref>

In her 2003 book, ''Un cri dans le silence'' (''A Scream in the Silence''), she contrasted her close gay friends with homosexuals who "jiggle their bottoms, put their little fingers in the air and with their little castrato voices moan about what those ghastly heteros put them through," and said some contemporary homosexuals behave like "fairground freaks."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/15/france.davidhearst|title=Anti-gay, anti-Islam Bardot to be sued|last1=Webster|first1=Paul|last2=Hearst|first2=David|date=5 May 2003|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=3 October 2009}}</ref> In her own defence, Bardot wrote in a letter to a French gay magazine: "Apart from my husband—who maybe will cross over one day as well—I am entirely surrounded by homos. For years, they have been my support, my friends, my adopted children, my confidants."<ref name="Indep">{{cite news|first=David|last=Usborne|title=Brigitte a Political Animal|date=24 March 2006|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060324/ai_n16163852/pg_2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424031103/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060324/ai_n16163852/pg_2|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2008|access-date=9 January 2008|newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref name="race fine">{{cite news|title=Bardot fine for stoking race hate|date=3 June 2008|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7434193.stm|access-date=3 June 2008|work=BBC News|location=London, UK}}</ref>

In her book, she criticised [[miscegenation|racial mixing]], immigration, [[Women in government|the role of women in politics]] and [[Islam]]. The book also contained a section attacking what she called the mixing of genes, and praised previous generations which, she said, had given their lives to push out invaders.<ref name="race hate">{{cite news|title=Bardot fined for 'race hate' book|date=10 June 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3794513.stm|access-date=3 June 2008|work=BBC News}}</ref> On 10 June 2004, Bardot was convicted for a fourth time by a French court for inciting racial hatred and fined €5,000.<ref name="indybay">{{cite web|last=Larent|first=Shermy|url=http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/05/1610376.php|title=Brigitte Bardot unleashes colourful diatribe against Muslims and modern France|publisher=Indybay|date=12 May 2003|access-date=13 March 2010}}</ref> Bardot denied the racial hatred charge and apologized in court, saying: "I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody. It is not in my character."<ref name="bbc5">{{cite news|title=Bardot denies 'race hate' charge|date=7 May 2003|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3692965.stm|access-date=17 January 2008|work=BBC News}}</ref> In 2008, Bardot was convicted of inciting racial/religious hatred in regard to a letter she wrote, a copy of which she sent to [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] when he was [[Interior Minister of France]]. The letter stated her objections to Muslims in France [[Dhabihah|ritually slaughtering sheep]] by slitting their throats without [[Anesthesia|anesthetizing]] them first. She also said, in reference to Muslims, that she was "fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its habits." The trial concluded on 3 June 2008, with a conviction and fine of €15,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 June 2008 |title=Ex-film star Bardot gets fifth racism conviction |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bardot-idUSL0321238520080603 |access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref> The prosecutor stated she was weary of charging Bardot with offences related to racial hatred.<ref name="race fine"/>

During the [[2008 United States presidential election]], Bardot branded [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] vice-presidential candidate [[Sarah Palin]] as "stupid" and a "disgrace to women." She criticized the former Alaskan governor for her stance on [[global warming]] and [[gun control]]. She was further offended by Palin's support for [[Petroleum exploration in the Arctic|Arctic oil exploration]] and by her lack of consideration in protecting [[polar bear]]s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091124000423/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/sarah-palin/3158058/Brigitte-Bardot-calls-Sarah-Palin-a-disgrace-to-women.html "Brigitte Bardot calls Sarah Palin a 'disgrace to women'"] ''The Telegraph.'' 8 October 2008.</ref>

On 13 August 2010, Bardot criticised American filmmaker [[Kyle Newman]] for his plan to produce a biographical film about her. She told him, "Wait until I'm dead before you make a movie about my life!" otherwise "sparks will fly."<ref name="spy210115">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbizspy.com/article/210115/brigitte-bardot-wait-until-im-dead-before-you-make-a-movie-about-my-life.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202114526/http://www.showbizspy.com/article/210115/brigitte-bardot-wait-until-im-dead-before-you-make-a-movie-about-my-life.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2013|title=Brigitte Bardot: 'Wait Until I'M Dead Before You Make Biopic'|work=Showbiz Spy|date=14 August 2010|access-date=21 August 2010}}</ref>

In 2014, Bardot wrote an open letter demanding the ban in France of Jewish ritual slaughter [[shechita]]. In response, the [[European Jewish Congress]] released a statement saying "Bardot has once again shown her clear insensitivity for minority groups with the substance and style of her letter...She may well be concerned for the welfare of animals but her longstanding support for the far-right and for discrimination against minorities in France shows a constant disdain for human rights instead."<ref>{{cite web |title=EJC outraged at Brigitte Bardot's demand for French government to ban Shechita |url=https://eurojewcong.org/ejc-in-action/statements/ejc-outraged-at-brigitte-bardots-demand-for-french-government-to-ban-shechita/ |website=Official Site of the European Jewish Congress |access-date=28 February 2022 |date=9 September 2014}}</ref>

In 2015, Bardot threatened to sue a Saint-Tropez boutique for selling items featuring her face.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brigitte Bardot declares war on commercial 'abuse' of her image|date=9 June 2015|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11662800/Brigitte-Bardot-declares-war-on-commercial-abuse-of-her-image.html|first=Henry|last=Samuel|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> In 2018, she expressed support for the [[Yellow vests protests]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/people/brigitte-bardot-demande-une-prime-de-noel-pour-les-gilets-jaunes-03-12-2018-2276098_2116.php|title=Brigitte Bardot demande " une prime de Noël " pour les Gilets jaunes|work=Le Point|date=3 December 2018|access-date=9 December 2020|first=Marc|last=Fourny|language=fr}}</ref>

In January 2018, Bardot called all the actresses claiming to have been victims of sexual harassments "hypocrites" and "ridiculous" in an interview with Paris Match : “Many actresses flirt with producers to get a role. Then when they tell the story afterwards, they say they have been harassed … in actual fact, rather than benefit them, it only harms them.” <ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/18/brigitte-bardot-metoo-sexual-harassment-protestors-hypocritical-and-ridiculous</ref>
   
On 19 March 2019, Bardot issued an open letter to [[Réunion]] prefect {{Interlanguage link|Amaury de Saint-Quentin|fr}} in which she accused inhabitants of the Indian Ocean island of [[cruelty to animals|animal cruelty]] and referred to them as "[[Indigenous peoples|autochthones]] who have kept the genes of savages". In her letter relating to animal abuse and sent through her foundation, she mentioned the "beheadings of goats and billy goats" during festivals, and associated these practices with "reminiscences of [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]] from past centuries". The public prosecutor filed a lawsuit the following day.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=20 March 2019 |title=La justice ... |trans-title=Justice being seized after offensive remarks by Brigitte Bardot against Reunionese |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2019/03/20/la-justice-saisie-apres-des-propos-injurieux-de-brigitte-bardot-a-l-encontre-des-reunionnais_5438843_3224.html |url-status=live|language=fr |work=[[Le Monde]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]], [[Reuters]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129210943/https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2019/03/20/la-justice-saisie-apres-des-propos-injurieux-de-brigitte-bardot-a-l-encontre-des-reunionnais_5438843_3224.html |archive-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>

In June 2021, 86-year-old Bardot was fined €5,000 by the [[Arras]] court for public insults against [[Hunting|hunters]] and their national president {{Interlanguage link|Willy Schraen|fr}}. She had published a post at the end of 2019 on her foundation's website, calling hunters "sub-men" and "drunkards" and carriers of "genes of cruel barbarism inherited from our primitive ancestors", and insulting Schraen. At the time of the [[Hearing (law)|hearing]], she had not removed the comments from the website.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mesureur |first=Claire |date=29 June 2021 |title=Brigitte ... |trans-title=Brigitte Bardot convicted for public insult against Willy Schraen, the president of the hunters |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/brigitte-bardot-condamnee-pour-injure-publique-a-l-encontre-de-wiily-schraen-le-president-des-1624974791 |url-status=live|language=fr |work=[[France Bleu]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127233329/https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/brigitte-bardot-condamnee-pour-injure-publique-a-l-encontre-de-wiily-schraen-le-president-des-1624974791 |archive-date=27 November 2021}}</ref> Following her letter sent to the prefect of Réunion in 2019, she was convicted on 4 November 2021 by a French court for public insults and fined €20,000, the largest of her fines to date.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=4 November 2021 |title=France ... |trans-title=France: Brigitte Bardot is fined 20,000 euros for insulting the Reunionese |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2019/03/20/la-justice-saisie-apres-des-propos-injurieux-de-brigitte-bardot-a-l-encontre-des-reunionnais_5438843_3224.html|url-status=live|language=fr |newspaper=Le Monde |agency=AFP, Reuters|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129210945/https://www.rtbf.be/info/medias/detail_france-brigitte-bardot-ecope-de-20-000-euros-d-amende-pour-des-injures-envers-les-reunionnais?id=10872925 |archive-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>

Bardot's husband Bernard d'Ormale is a former adviser to [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], former leader of the far-right party National Front (which became [[National Rally (France)|National Rally]]), the main far-right party in France.<ref name="twolives"/><ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last=Riding|first=Alan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/30/garden/drinking-champagne-with-brigitte-bardot-and-god-created-an-animal-lover.html|title=Drinking champagne with: Brigitte Bardot; And God Created An Animal Lover|date=30 March 1994|access-date=28 December 2020|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Bardot expressed support for [[Marine Le Pen]], leader of the National Front (National Rally), calling her "the [[Joan of Arc]] of the 21st century".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11051530/Brigitte-Bardot-calls-Marine-Le-Pen-modern-Joan-of-Arc.html|title=Brigitte Bardot calls Marine Le Pen 'modern Joan of Arc|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=22 August 2014|first=David|last=Chazan|access-date=28 December 2018}}</ref> She endorsed Le Pen in the [[2012 French presidential election|2012]] and [[2017 French presidential election]]s.<ref>{{cite news|last=Willsher|first=Kim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/13/brigitte-bardot-celebrity-crushed-me|title=Brigitte Bardot: celebrity crushed me|work=The Guardian|date=13 September 2012|access-date=28 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/4200541/brigitte-bardot-supports-underdog-marine-le-pen-in-french-presidential-election-says-macron-has-cold-eyes/|title=Brigitte Bardot Supports Underdog Marine Le Pen in French Presidential Election, Says Macron Has Cold Eyes|work=Inquisitr|first=Monika|last=Zoltany|date=7 May 2017|access-date=28 December 2018}}</ref>

Bardot has been convicted of inciting racial hatred multiple times, having received six separate fines for the offense as of November 2021.<ref name="vanityfair.com"/>