Bardot has by no means shied away from controversy. In 2021, she was fined $23,100 for “inciting racial hatred” by calling native Indian Ocean islanders “savages.”
In a 2019 letter to the general public, Bardot labeled the Reunionese individuals as “natives who nonetheless have savage genes” as a result of method they allegedly deal with animals by “sacrificing goats” and utilizing the “cannibalism of previous centuries.” The star’s consultant, Bruno Jacquelin, was additionally fined for sending the message to media retailers to run.
In 2008, Bardot stood trial for utilizing a slur towards Muslims. Initially prosecutors requested a two-month suspended jail sentence and advantageous her 15,000 euros ($23,760) for alleging Muslims the place “destroying our nation and imposing its acts.”