Paris, France, Dec 29, 2025 (AFP) - Bardot: from defending sheep to flirting with the far right

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Film legend Brigitte Bardot in her later decades raised eyebrows calling far-right leader Marine Le Pen a modern "Joan of Arc", but she always maintained she was merely doing what was best for animals. Bardot, who died on Sunday aged 91, argued she was unfairly labelled as a supporter of the anti-immigration far right after she made explosive remarks in the late 1990s about Muslims slaughtering sheep. "I never asked anyone to be racist and I don'......

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