Overview
- Bernard d’Ormale told TF1’s Sept à Huit that Bardot died in her sleep on December 28, 2025 at La Madrague, saying he realized she had stopped breathing while he was beside her.
- He said a recent cancer operation was a success with no remaining metastases, but a painful bedsore and reduced eating led him to believe she wanted to stop suffering.
- At her January 7 funeral in Saint-Tropez, her son attended, and d’Ormale said she did not refuse to raise him but felt unable to do so during her peak stardom.
- D’Ormale said questions over inheritance are still being studied and not automatically resolved, while the Fondation Brigitte Bardot continues operations with roughly 300 staff caring for more than 12,000 animals supported by donations and legacies.
- He recalled meeting Bardot in 1992 in Saint-Tropez and marrying weeks later in Norway, sharing decades of animal-rights activism and offering a personal portrait of her tenderness and sharp wit.