{"id":88065,"date":"2026-01-03T10:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/88065\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:57:13","slug":"chappell-roan-retracts-brigitte-bardot-tribute-after-learning-of-actresss-far-right-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/88065\/","title":{"rendered":"Chappell Roan retracts Brigitte Bardot tribute after learning of actress’s far-right views"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singer-songwriter Chappell Roan quickly walked back a tribute to Brigitte Bardot after learning about the late French actress\u2019s history of \u201cvery disappointing\u201d far-right political beliefs, Rolling Stone<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Bardot died Sunday at age 91<\/a> at her home in Saint-Tropez. The iconic actress starred in films including \u201cAnd God Created Woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after news of Bardot\u2019s death, Roan posted a photo to her Instagram Stories honoring the actress. \u201cShe was my inspiration for Red Wine Supernova. Rest in peace Ms. Bardot,\u201d the 27-year-old wrote. <\/p>\n

Roan, whose real name is Kayleigh Amstutz, references Bardot in the first verse of the 2023 song, singing \u201cShe was a playboy, Brigitte Bardot \/ She showed me things I didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several hours later, the \u201cPink Pony Club\u201d singer deleted the post and returned to clarify her position<\/a>. \u201cHoly s— I did not know all that insane s— Ms. Bardot stood for. [Obviously], I do not condone this,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Bardot achieved fame as a sex symbol and later became an animal rights activist, founding The Brigitte Bardot Foundation in 1986. <\/p>\n

However, Bardot\u2019s legacy is complicated by her social views. The actress was convicted five times for inciting racial hatred against Muslims and fined twice for public insults. Her fourth husband, Bernard d\u2019Ormale, served as an advisor to far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen. <\/p>\n

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Bardot referred to actresses claiming to have been victims of sexual harassment as \u201chypocritical, ridiculous, uninteresting.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many actresses who flirt with producers in order to get a role,\u201d she said during a 2018 interview with French magazine Paris Match<\/a>. \u201cThen, in order to be talked about, they will say they have been harassed. In reality, rather than benefiting them, it harms them.\u201d<\/p>\n