Brigitte Bardot’s widower Bernard d’Ormale is fuming over the “disrespectful” decision to auction off her personal belongings following her death – insisting the late actress “wouldn’t have agreed to this sale”.
Brigitte Bardot’s widower Bernard d’Ormale has slammed the “disrespectful” and “scandalous” auction of her personal belongings.
The Hollywood actress died last year at the age of 91 following a secret battle with cancer and her estate was subsequently divided up between her animal charity and her only son Nicolas-Jacques Charrier. The foundation is now selling off items from her homes in St Tropez and Paris with the proceeds benefiting both Charrier and the charity – and her husband d’Ormale has now spoken out against it.
He told French newspaper Nice Matin: “These are personal items. Why hold this sale? For the animals? It’s a joke and disrespectful to Brigitte’s memory.
“All of this could have been kept for the day when people are able to visit [her St Tropez home] La Madrague. It’s scandalous to strip her bare in this way …
“If the idea ever crosses their minds to sell everything off just like this auction, how can I prove the items belonged to Brigitte or were part of my private life?
“Brigitte certainly wouldn’t have agreed to this sale – she would have sent them packing.”
In the interview d’Ormale insisted he told his wife he didn’t want to be included in his will and he’s claimed he’s been removed from the home he once shared with Brigitte in St Topez.
He added: “I was the one who told her I didn’t want anything at all … I’ve lived there [in the St Tropez house] for 35 years and now I’m being kicked out – can you believe it?”
The sale, organised by auction house Millon, takes place in Paris on Monday (22.09.26) and features items including furniture, clothing, shoes and jewellery as well as kitchen utensils, Le Creuset pans, cigarette lighters, classical guitars, her bicycle and the manual typewriter she used to write her autobiography.
Frank Guillou, who worked as her secretary for many years, said of the sale: “Each item on sale bears the trace of an encounter, an involvement, a moment of happiness, a stage of her life. They tell the story of the woman as well as the legend.”
Cecile Dupuis of Millon added of the auction: “[The sale] is for all those people who still live with her memory and who keep her cause alive. They are animal lovers and Brigitte Bardot lovers at the same time. The room will be full of all these fans.”
Brigitte Bardot’s widower fuming over ‘disrespectful’ auction
