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Brigitte Bardot Lashes Out at the "Hypocritical and Ridiculous"
#MeToo Movement
January 18, 2018
A little over a week after 100 prominent French women signed a letter
calling the #MeToo movement a rCLwitch huntrCY against men, actress Brigitte Bardot has decided to weigh in with her own thoughts on the push against sexual harassment.
Rather than join the ranks, Bardot decried the movement, slamming the
women who have come forward to share their stories.
rCLThe vast majority are being hypocritical and ridiculous,rCY she told the French magazine Paris Match, as translated by France 24.
Bardot, who is 83, noted that rCLlots of actresses try to play the tease
with producers to get a role. And then, so we will talk about them, they say they were harassed . . . I was never the victim of sexual
harassment. And I found it charming when men told me that I was
beautiful or I had a nice little backside.rCY
This isnrCOt the first time Bardot has shared a controversial, harmful opinion. In the past, she has been fined for provoking discrimination
and racial hatred against the Muslim community in France.
Over the last few months, many actresses have shared stories about the
unequal power dynamic in the film industry, and several have revolved
around meetings with producers that amounted more or less to an
aggressive flirting session.
Ellen Pompeo summed up the problem well in a recent piece for The
Hollywood Reporter, saying that she once took a meeting with
now-disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein where she largely batted her
eyelashes and tried to charm him.
ItrCOs part of a sordid tradition for aspiring stars, she claimed: rCLYou think, rCyNot only do I have to show that IrCOm a good actress, but that director also has to in some way fall in love with me and at least
become enamored with me.rCO That never felt right or good to me.rCY
In addition, many of the women who have come forward with claims against Weinstein were told he would offer roles in exchange for inappropriate
sexual favors.
He allegedly tried to entice women by sharing which big-name stars he
had supposedly slept with previously.
Through a spokesperson, Weinstein has denied all allegations of
non-consensual acts.
Similarly, two women who have come forward against director and producer Brett Ratner have claimed that Ratner propositioned them in exchange for bit parts on Rush Hour 2.
Ratner, through his attorney Martin Singer, has denied the charges.
BardotrCOs comments arrive just days after 100 French women shared their controversial stance on the #MeToo crowd and its effects on men.
rCLRape is a crime but insistent or clumsy flirting is not, nor is gallantry a macho aggressionrCY, the letter read. rCLMen have been punished
summarily, forced out of their jobs when all they did was touch
someonerCOs knee or try to steal a kiss.rCY
It was signed by prominent French stars, including actress Catherine
Deneuve. However, it seems Deneuve has already had a change of heart.
After the outpour of backlash, in addition to sudden support from people she considers reprehensible, the actress published a letter in the
newspaper Liberation apologizing to victims of sexual harassment.
rCLI fraternally salute all women victims of odious acts who may have felt aggrieved by the letter in Le Monde,rCY she wrote. rCLIt is to them, and
them alone, that I offer my apologies.rCY
The actress acknowledged that, over the course of her long career, she
has witnessed uncomfortable situations and has heard stories of
filmmakers abusing their power, creating rCLtraumatic and untenable situations.rCY
Deneuve also spoke out specifically against French radio host and former porn star Brigitte Lahaie, one of the women who signed the original
letter, who later said that some women can enjoy being raped. (She later apologized, saying, rCLWhat I meant to say,-u because I know matters of
sexuality by heart-u, is that sometimes the body and the mind do not coincide.rCY)
Deneuve said LahaierCOs comments were rCLworse than spitting in the face of all those who have suffered this crime.rCL
She also distanced herself more broadly from some of the supporters of
the original letter: rCLThat is why I would like to say to conservatives, racists, and traditionalists of all shades who decided it was strategic
to give me their support that I am no dupe. They will have neither my gratitude nor my friendship. To the contrary. I am a liberated woman and I will stay that way.rCY
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