Ecorazzi excerpted a Slovenian interview with batshiz-crazy Brigitte Bardot that we read with great interest. This is what Pamela Anderson will be in 35 years, folks:
Question: How long have you been a vegetarian?
BB: Since 1962, when I went on French television to denounce conditions of animal slaughter. That is when I became aware of the horror of factory farming, live transports and the killings of farm animals. I have always been sensitive to animal distress but from then on I refused to be involved in such inhuman industrial deaths.
Question: What do you think about people who wear fur?
BB: The women who carry fur these days are idiots. Wild animals are bred in small cages where they go crazy because they cannot lead any kind of natural lives. They are imprisoned in concentrated breeding farms. Minks are gassed, foxes are electrocuted… this complete industry is cruel, barbaric and absolutely useless.
But it’s disingenuous for the former ingenue to say she’s passionately fought against the subjugation of animals — say, for the purpose of fashion — since the ’60s.
Let’s take a trip down Memory Lane, shall we? (I promise, it will make up for the photo at right.)
Here’s young Brigitte doing a crossword puzzle on what looks like a giant fur blanket:
And in a poster descriptively entitled “Brigitte Bardot French Actress in Skin Tight Catsuit with Fur Cape Standing Beside Cage with Leopard”:
And wearing a dress made from the feathery remains of an ostrich:
And posing on a Harley in thigh-high leather boots:
Notice that these are the only photos of Brigitte Bardot that anyone wants to see. I’d say she once made quite the career off the backs of animals, n’est-ce pas?
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Are all (or any) of these photos post 1962? Or better yet, are there any photos from the 70s, 80s, 90s or this decade?
Sorry guys. MASSIVE stretch. Show me something recent and I’ll see the deception. But these are OLD photos.
Yeah, these pics are a bit old. The best I could do with a google image search is it looks like she wears leather shoes. But all the pictures I find are old.
Well, I guess the point is that she’s a bit shaky on her memory of when she became fully vegged, if not flat out fibbing to impress, perhaps. If Wiki can be trusted, it says otherwise about when she became a veggie (possibly 1973-86).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot#Activism
Also, I think that image in the feathers is from “Viva Maria!” which was released in ‘65, after she claimns to have become meatless.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_Maria!
Although it’s possible that the filming of the movie could have wrapped before she became a veg and then was released after, I don’t know about that.
I do fully agree with her about factory farms, they are disgusting and the reason why I don’t eat too much meat….I’m a semi-veggie.
Yes, these photos are from after she claims she became an animal-rights activist. The Harley photo is a still from her 1967 music video:
http://www.imcdb.org/movie_1004509387-Brigitte-Bardot–Harley-Davidson.html
Still, isn’t this a stretch? Okay–so some old lady can’t remeember 1962 from 1967. Seriously.
The only thing I disagree with is the Pam Anderson part. She is like this NOW.
I must say the first picture(her present self) looks like the old woman from Dark Crystal.
I guess sex pots were hard to come by in the sixties. Baby boomer’s taste in women, is almost as bad as their taste in music. Almost.
I bet she’s still making money from sales of such pictures. Aren’t the French supposed to have great skin care products? She’s inspiring me to put on some moisturizer and sunscreen, STAT.
Baby boomer’s taste in women, is almost as bad as their taste in music. Almost. Please. I think she, Fonda and the other one in the fur outfit are far better the Meghan Fox.
Yeah, but they’re full of whale placenta, tiger bile, and puppy toes.
You think so mfrag? I think she looks more like this…
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/troll/troll7.jpg
Good lord! How the mighty have fallen.
And I agree with you Jannah! I hate hw nutjobs like PeTa take a legitimate cause like animal welfare and turn rational-thinking people against it.
Well Pasta, it’s the wild hair, disapproving pursed lips, and almost missing nose.
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/dark/aughra.jpg
She really wouldn’t look so bad if she didn’t have such a sour face.
I guess that eating vegetarian still isn’t “healthy” enough to counteract whatever the heck she’s been doing to her body all these years.
I thought the pic was Sally Struthers.
When BB passes away I hope that she leaves her tanned, leathery skin to PETA. Several of the true believers could climb into it and wear it around au naturel at protest rallies.
Pic #1 could be used as a warning to those who consider depriving themselves of essential nutrients a.k.a. going vegetarian/vegan. All she needs is a “That’s what a vegetarian looks like” T-shirt and voila!
Okay, back in the day she was hotter than a two-dollar pistol.. back in the day she was sex on wheels. But now… She looks like the crazy cat lady from “The Simpsons”.
Yep, yours is closer frag.
“Mmmmnnn! NOOOO! Those are MY TastyCakes!”
OK Beige, you almost owed me a new monitor!
You know we slag woman who subject themselves to plastic surgery and then we insult women who obviously have not had plastic surgery …. at least I’m assuming she has not had nay work done. A gal just can’t win.
Jenn, I hear what you’re saying. But there is middle ground between Jayde from The Hills and Brigitte Bardot — Ellen Barkin and Helen Mirren come to mind as older women who look fantastic and their age. The secret probably involves lots of sunscreen and not smoking their way into a saggy gullet.
Heck, my grandma smoked for nearly 60 years and she looked MUCH better. Of course, in her later years, she didn’t spend much time outdoors, and she took great care of her skin. Please let me have her genes!
yes Holly, there is something to be said for taking care of oneself.
You guys are going to be really surprised when you wake up old someday.
If batshiz-crazy means being dumped into the same category with the likes of Albert Schweitzer, Albert Einstein, Ghandi, Plutarch and Alice Walker – all of whom understood the evil way humans treat animals – then THAT’S how batshiz-crazy I WANNA BE! Sign me up for the bat-shiz crazy club – I can’t think of finer company to be in.
You sure about that? Bardot is also an incurable racist and homophobe — that’s what makes her batshiz crazy:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1584799120080415
I don’t think she’s a “deceiver” just because she changed her mind once. She was free to decide whether she wants to become a vegetarian or not. And she changed her life. That’s the only thing that matters. Maybe you should focus more on Pamela Anderson and the other Peta-Chicks that are wearing leather boots and defending Peta at the same time.
Brigitte Bardot is one of the few people who really does help and save animals! I haven’t seen Pammy do this
And, yes, she is a racist and homophobe but that has nothing to do with this post and is a different thing. Not a good thing at all but it has nothing to do with her being a vegetarian or saving animals. But that’s just my opinion.
….I love my suede coat and shearling robe.
My mother offered to buy me a winter coat for Christmas, and I told her: all I want is for it to be a dead animal. An animal must have lost its life for my clothing.
I wouldn’t get nearly as much glee from that sort of thing if crazy animal rights activists would shut the hell up.
…by the way, where’s my Chicken McCruelty?
maddie,
I think you missed the point somewhere. She’s not on deceiver for having once worn fur and then switching to vegetarianism, but rather for switching to vegetarianism first and then still wearing fur. Also, Holly’s comment was directed towards RobertSteinberg, I believe, who seems to have been attempting to profess that vegetarians make up a wholesome group of people (and seemingly missing the point of the article in the process out of sheer fanaticism to defend anybody who could maybe be considered a vegetarian for any reason).
Speaking of which…
RobertSteinberg,
I think you’ll also notice that in addition to Holly’s point about Bardot, some of the names you mentioned were less than spectacular as well, at least regards to beneficence towards living things. For example, Schweitzer was a racist sort of neo-colonialist; Einstein, in his apparent beneficence for all living things including animals seems to have seen fit to help create one of the most deadly and terrifying weapons of mass destruction in the world today; Ghandi was vegetarian merely as part of his religious beliefs, ones which, I might add, many historic masters of the religion and it’s brother religion, Buddhism, did indeed eat meat once attaining enlightenment. That is to say, if you will, Gandhi was a good person, so be sure, but his vegetarianism was inspired solely by religious beliefs which weren’t at a level of complete mastery (though most definitely in his defense, not many people come to complete understanding in any religion); Plutarch enjoyed the occasional fling with young boys, if I recall; and Alice Walker isn’t, according to her own blog, a vegetarian at all. Now, I know this may fall under Godwin’s Law, but I’m curious why you didn’t mention another famous vegetarian by the name of Hitler? People become vegetarians and vegans for various reasons, and not all of them are great reasons or even fully compatible with other actions. Of course, I’m not comparing any of the names you mentioned to Hitler, but I just wonder if you excluded him merely because he was an obvious negative example rather than one that requires thought and perception in order to see that even the best of any group of individuals aren’t always saints. In the end, vegetarian or not, there’s going to be great people and horrible ones among each. It’s just the law of probabilities right there
I’m very curious as to how vegetarianism confers automatic, absolute moral authority. I’d like to think there’s more to being a good person than picking the right items off a menu.
Brigitte Bardot spoke out against the Islamization of France.She was prosecuted for it by those stupid French. That makes her a heroine of mine.
Holly’s ragging on her is typical distaff back-biting. Thanks for the photos.
Dear Ms. Bardot:
It is called “a comb”. They are cheap, and plentiful, and readily available just about anywhere, even if you ARE in France. Please look into it. Thanks.
Regards,
Groomed people everywhere
Please tell me you did not just use the “you’re just jealous” argument. After two years of writing for this blog, I’m disappointed you believe I’m that petty.
Of a woman who looks as though she was carved from a particularly mealy apple.
I refer, of course, to Ms. Bardot. As in, Holly’s so jealous of…
WHEN are y’all gonna get an “Edit” button, dammit?
Thanks for having my back, Beige.
U N HOLLY JUS BOTH BEEN HATERZ, BEIGE.
OMG ROFL LOL TANSTAAFL TTFN PDQ BBQ QED!!!!
!!!!!
Heh.
Ummm am I bad for not thinking that what BB said about Muslims taking over France is bad? I mean she’s pretty messed up (inside and out) but she might have actually stated a legitimate beef there. (pun intended)
Holly Won’t,
I was visiting a friend one night and he and his friends were at the kitchen table playing cards
and their wives were in the parlor watching Johnny Carson. I stood between the rooms and was following events in both rooms. Bob Hope comes on as Johnny’s guest and he brings two beautiful young women, one on each arm. The beauties were invited to sing and as they were singing the wives commented “They sure are ugly.” and “They sure can’t sing.”.
I didn’t see it as jealousy, I saw it as backbiting, and I see it often in the female psyche.
pfft “Islamisation of France”. Garce, je t’en prie. Zeh French aren’t making life easy for their immigrants regardless what country they are from. They make it increasingly difficult (if not impossible) for the immigrants to obtain papers and make a decent living…or any sort of living…with Middle-Eastern and African immigrants being confined mostly to the cites (projects) and the rest of the population discriminating against them and complaining about their very existence. Besides, Bardot and Co. didn’t seem to mind so much when it was the other way around, with the French colonizing…well, every country they could get their paws on. Why wasn’t she complaining then? And don’t tell me she wasn’t alive back then, I’m not buying it, that pic (no.1) of her doesn’t lie.