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In light of Brigitte Bardot's death, musician Chappell Roan has been reading up on the late French actress - and apparently, she's no longer a fan.
For those who missed it, Bruno Jacquelin of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation confirmed that she'd had passed away at her home in southern France on Sunday (28 Dec), aged 91.
The former model been hospitalised for three weeks with a 'serious illness' back in October, though her cause of death hasn't yet been provided.
For those in need of a reminder, American singer-songwriter Chappell - real name, Kayleigh Rose Amstutz - has long been considered one of Bardot's most dedicated fans, giving her a special shout-out in her much-loved banger 'Red Wine Supernova'.
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In the opening line of the 2023 hit, she name-drops the model with the lyrics, 'She was a playboy, Brigitte Bardot / She showed me things, I didn’t know / She did it right there, out on the deck / Put her canine teeth in the side of my neck'.
In the hours after Bardot's colleagues confirmed news of her death yesterday (29 Dec), 27-year-old Chappell shared a short-tribute on social media, claiming: "She was my inspiration for red wine supernova."
Alongside a red love-heart emoji, she added: Rest in peace Ms. Bardot."
As we say, however, it didn't take long for the musician to supposedly become inundated with information over her late muse - not all of it very favourable.
As a reminder, despite retiring from acting in 1973 at 39 and dedicating her life to animal rights activism, Bardot fell from grace in the 90s after publicly voicing a number of far-right political perspectives, including those of anti-immigration.
So much so, that over an 11 year period, French courts convicted her of inciting racial hatred five times.
In 2012, Bardot hit headlines once again for endorsing far-right leader Marine Le Pen as the new French presidency - which, thankfully, failed - and six years later, she slammed the pivotal #MeToo movement against sexual harassment in Hollywood as both 'hypocritical' and 'ridiculous'.
She told Paris Match of the latter campaign: "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.
"I thought it was nice to be told that I was beautiful or that I had a pretty little ass. This kind of compliment is nice."
Responding to Chappell's initial tribute of the controversial starlet, one X (formerly Twitter) user pleaded: "Chappell Roan please open Brigitte Bardot’s Wikipedia page."
Another added: "Chappell Roan posting that she was inspired by Brigitte Bardot, one of the most infamous racists and homophobes of all time, and people find it shocking?"
"Unironically Chappell Roan probably should have been questioned some on mentioning brigitte bardot in a positive way in red wine supernova," a third went on to claim.
Taking to Instagram hours later, Chappell sensationally took back her tribute, writing: "Holy s**t I did not know all that insane s**t Ms. Bardot stood for [obviously] I do not condone this."
She went on to add: "Very disappointing to learn."
Thankfully for the 'Pink Pony Club' hit-maker, a number of fans defenced her initial memorial message, with one hitting out at critics: "Y’all expect everyone to know every detail of a celeb’s past. Chappell said Brigitte inspired one song because of her pop culture impact, not her racism."
Another agreed: "I really do not think we need to cancel Chappell Roan for the monstrous crime of not knowing Brigitte Bardot was racist."
