Brigitte Bardot has been forced to issue a statement and reassure fans she’s fine after rumours she had died following a health scare.
The former actress, singer and French beauty and fashion icon, now 91, shared a scathing response to the speculation on X.
In a rough translation from French, Bardot’s statement reads: “I don’t know which idiot started this fake news about my disappearance tonight.”
“But know that I’m fine and I have no intention of bowing out. A word to the wise.”
It was reported just days ago that Bardot had ”minor” surgery but was recovering well, her office told AFP.
Aqababe reportedly previously claimed the star had died and addressed her statement in a new post, appearing to stand by their claims.
“I deleted my exclusive tweet about Brigitte Bardot’s death,” a rough translation from French reads.
“She doesn’t manage her Twitter account, you’ll see when AFP makes the official announcement of her death.”
Bardot, born in Paris, was viewed as one of the biggest sex symbols of her time.
She’s known for films including Contempt, And God Created Woman and Love is My Profession.
In 1950, she appeared on the cover of Elle aged 15 and was spotted by French director Marc Allégret, who offered Brigitte a role in an upcoming film.
Her parents had serious reservations about Brigitte becoming an actress when she first began pursing a film career at just 15.
It put serious strain on her relationship with them, and according to author Barnett Singer, who wrote the 2013 biography Brigitte Bardot: A Biography, Brigitte already had a difficult home life.
Though she grew up in a lavish seven-bedroom apartment in Paris’ affluent 16th arrondissement, the Bardot family dynamic was strained.
Her parents, engineer Louis Bardot and Anne-Marie Mucel, were strict on Brigitte and her younger sister, Mijanou, running a conservative Catholic home.
