Brigitte Bardot Shuts Down ‘Fake News’ Rumors That She Died: ‘I’m Fine’

Brigitte Bardot is alive and well. On Oct. 22, the 91-year-old icon took to social media to shut down rumors that she had passed away. “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 taking my bow. A word to the wise,” the actress wrote on X in French, according to an English translation. Just days before the model spoke out, French newspaper Var-Matin reported that she was “struggling with serious health problems” and had to be hospitalized. “According to our information, Brigitte Bardot has been staying at the Saint-Jean private hospital for three weeks. She reportedly underwent ‘surgery there as part of a serious illness,’ we also learned. [Her] condition is considered worrying,” the paper claimed in a report translated from French to English, though it noted she was expected to be released despite her “worrying” condition.