S32E6: Brigitte Bardot, Advocate for Animals & A Curdled Legacy

About this episode

The episode explores Brigitte Bardot's complex legacy as an animal rights advocate and her controversial later years.

In her later years, French actress and icon Brigitte Bardot devoted her considerable talents to the protection of animals all over the planet. In the 1980s, having retired from film, she created the Brigitte Bardot Foundation dedicated to animal welfare, and used her substantial platform to contact governments and heads of state with letters decrying their nation's treatment of animals. But her attitudes about people became far less generous as she aged. Her fourth and last marriage was to a far-right politician, and she was repeatedly fined by French courts for inciting racial hatred. To be honest, she had a lot of bees in her bonnet by the time she died on December 28, 2025, and she leaves a genuinely complicated legacy behind. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces ! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo ! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• animal welfare
• Brigitte Bardot
• legacy
• politics
• racial hatred

Keywords

• Brigitte Bardot
• animal welfare
• far-right politics
• racial hatred
• legacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brigitte Bardot Foundation

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