French actress-turned-activist Brigitte Bardot slammed the #MeToo movement, saying the actresses who complain about sexual harassment in Hollywood are being “hypocritical and ridiculous.”
In an interview with the French magazine Paris Match, the 83-year-old star also said she was never a victim in her five-decade career. Bardot emphasized that she was speaking specifically of actresses and “not women in general.”
“I thought it was nice to be told that I was beautiful or that I had a nice little ass,” she said. “This kind of compliment is nice.”
Bardot added that actresses “come on” to producers in order to land big roles, “and then, so they’ll be talked about, they say they were harassed.”
Bardot is the second French actress to speak negatively of #MeToo. Last week, actress Catherine Deneuve joined 99 other French women denouncing #MeToo, saying that the movement was akin to “puritanism.” Deneuve, however, has since clarified her stance and apologized for criticizing the movement.
Bardot became an international sex symbol after her role as Juliette in the 1956 French drama “And God Created Woman.”
She is also no stranger to controversy, having supported France’s far-right National Front political party and has criticized Muslims, leading to her being fined for “inciting racial hatred.”
These 16 Hollywood Giants Gave $12.2 Million to Fight Sexual Harassment (Photos)
On Monday, more than 300 Hollywood women announced the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund to assist women (and men) who experience sexual harassment in the workplace. According to the group's GoFundMe page, 16 individuals and companies account for $12.2 million of the fund's initial endowment.
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Actress Kate Capshaw and director/producer Steven Spielberg’s Wunderkinder Foundation -- $2 million
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Creative Artists Agency -- $2 million
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PR executive Katie McGrath and director JJ Abrams -- $1 million
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Hollywood talent agencies ICM Partners, United Talent Agency and William Morris Endeavor -- $1 million each
Anonymous -- $1 million
Actress Jennifer Aniston -- $500,000
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"Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" creator Shonda Rhimes -- $500,000
Actress Meryl Streep -- $500,000
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Actress Reese Witherspoon -- $500,000
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Paradigm Talent Agency -- $500,000
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy -- $250,000
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The Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Foundation -- $250,000
Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Oprah Winfrey are among the lead donors to the new Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund for women in the workplace
On Monday, more than 300 Hollywood women announced the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund to assist women (and men) who experience sexual harassment in the workplace. According to the group's GoFundMe page, 16 individuals and companies account for $12.2 million of the fund's initial endowment.