We are in October, exactly one month ago, when an earthquake (of misinformation) shakes the internet: Brigitte Bardot is deadannounced the tweet from Aqababe, the social name of Aniss Zitouni, a 27-year-old French influencer followed by over a million people. The news goes viral, so much so that BB itself unmasks the fake news (appellant) of his death. “I don’t know who the imbecile is who launched the fake news about my disappearance this evening, but know that I’m fine and that I have no intention of saying goodbye,” he tweeted, recalling the importance of fact–checking. Same dynamic today, with the first hoaxes starting to sprout after the news of hospitalization of Brigitte Bardot in a clinic in Toulouse (and fans are waiting for his new, sarcastic comment).
Brigitte Bardot in a rare public appearance in 2007
Brigitte Bardot hospitalized in Toulon for 10 days
Brigitte Bardot last month she was hospitalized for a week for surgery fueling concerns about her state of health. The iconic French actress celebrated her birthday on September 28th 91 years oldwhich keeps the attention of fans and media high on his real physical condition. Returned home to the legendary La Madrague residence located at the bottom of the Bay des Canoubiers, facing the sea of Saint Tropez, bought in 1958 and today its official residence with the husband Bernard d’Omale married in 1992and their band of animals made up of cats, dogs and even goats (which after his death will host his funeral and become a museum on his life), intervened personally to put out the fire in fake news.
La Madrague, Brigitte Bardot’s villa in Saint Tropez
Today, just under a month after a new hospitalization, again in the Saint-Jean clinic in Toulon: the local newspaper launched the news in the last few hours Var-Morningaccording to which the diva born in 1934 (same as ours Ornella Vanoniborn a week before BB) the diva has been in the hospital “for ten days”. The newspaper, referring to the last hospitalization, speaks of a underwent surgery “for a serious illness” but does not add further details.
The fake news on the death of Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot’s health has been the subject of several speculations, rumors and denials in recent years ipse dixit In 2023, France Sunday had reported the news of the actress’ hospitalization at the beginning of the year due to “respiratory failure” with specific neurological consequences and “cognitive disorders affecting oral expression and writing” due to “lack of blood oxygenation”. On May 3, the star of Babette goes to war he had dotted the i’s. “I’m very well. The press made a scandal about an illness that happened to me in January, which is being talked about a lot today. I haven’t lost any of my faculties”, the words in a letter written in his own hand and shared on social media.
Brigitte Bardot in 1995 during her visit to the Vatican
Last month, however, the back and forth with the French influencer Aqababewho had emphatically announced Bardot’s death on his 2.0 profiles, claiming among other things that he was in possession of “exclusive information” and of certain provenance. “His coffin has been ordered in Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat, in the Oise department (Ariège). An icon is gone, leaving an unforgettable legacy and an eternal imprint in the hearts of the French”, he wrote firmly. Brigitte had put him back in his place (see incipit), mthe blogger had not taken a step back, on the contrary: “I deleted my exclusive tweet about the death of Brigitte Bardot. But know that she is not the one writing, she is not the one managing Twitter, you will find out when the AFP officially announces the death.”
