Brigitte Bardot booed during her posthumous tribute to the 2026 Césars

The César Academy decided to pay tribute, Thursday evening, to Brigitte Bardot, cinema icon who died at the end of 2025. She took it very badly, since at the end of the spot retracing the career of the actress, star of numerous films including And God… created woman (1956, Roger Vadim), In case of misfortune (1958, Claude Autant-Lara), The Truth (1960, Henri-Georges Clouzot) or even Contempt (1963, Jean-Luc Godard), boos were heard in the aisles of the Olympia in Paris. One person also shouted: “Racist!”at the end of the tribute, we noted.

This event did not raise the eyebrows of the master of ceremonies, Benjamin Lavernhe, who went through the awards as if nothing had happened. On social networks, however, many Internet users were outraged, some mentioning “lamentable whistles”, others deploring a ceremony “wasted”.

After the death of Brigitte Bardot, part of the political class, on the left in particular, rejected the idea of ​​a national tribute for the global star, who had lent her features to the Republican Marianne in the 1960s before becoming, after the sudden end of her career, an animal enthusiast.