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The Guardian

French former actor Brigitte Bardot has joined Catherine Deneuve in expressing distaste for women in the film industry who complain of sexual harassment, saying “in the vast majority of cases” it is “hypocritical, ridiculous and uninteresting.”
In an interview with Paris Match, Bardot said: “Many actresses flirt with producers to get a role. Then when they tell the story afterwards, they say they have been harassed … in actual fact, rather than benefit them, it only harms them.”
Saying that she had never been a victim of sexual harassment, Bardot added: “I thought it was nice to be told that I was beautiful or that I had a pretty little backside. This kind of compliment is nice.”

Bardot becomes the second high-profile French actress to come out in recent days against the anti-sexual harassment campaign, which in France has coalesced around #BalanceTonPorc (“Squeal on Your Pig”), the French equivalent to #MeToo.
Her comments come a week after Catherine Deneuve defended men’s right to “hit on” women.
She signed an open letter that claimed the #MeToo movement had become a “witch-hunt” that threatened sexual freedom.
French star Catherine Deneuve apologises to victims of sexual assault after bashing ‘MeToo’ movement
Deneuve later apologised to victims of sexual assault, distancing herself from other signatories after one claimed that women can orgasm during rape.
Bardot retired from acting in 1973 after a 20-year career, becoming arguably international cinema’s best-known sex symbol after starring in a string of hits, including And God Created Women, La Vérité and Le Mépris.
Since her retirement, Bardot has been active in animal welfare issues as well as being an outspoken supporter of the National Front. She has been convicted five times in French courts for racial hatred offences, paying a series of fines.



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Brigitte Bardot slams #MeToo sexual harassment protesters as ‘hypocritical’ and ‘ridiculous’

FILE- Actress Brigitte Bardot is seen with her husband German-born photographer Gunter Sachs, in August 1966 file photo, at location unknown. Best known for his playboy lifestyle and brief marriage to French actress Brigitte Bardot, Sachs is reported to have committed suicide aged 78 at Gstaad, Switzerland. In a statement released Sunday by his family at his request, Sachs said he chose to end his life after concluding that he was suffering from an incurable degenerative disease affecting his memory and ability to communicate. (AP Photo, file)

File photo from 2007 shows French actress Brigitte Bardot leaving the Elysee Palace in Paris. In an interview published on January 17, 2018 on the website of French magazine Paris Match, the former 83-year-old actress claims to have ‘never been a victim of sexual harassment’ and slammed #MeToo protesters. Photo: AFP