Brigitte Bardot has always remained faithful to her home base, La Madrague (this is notably the title of one of her greatest songs), her home in Saint-Tropez. : a small village that has become legendary and touristy in part thanks to it. Last September, on the occasion of her 90th birthday, she spoke about her daily life to our colleagues at Monde. What life does she lead, in this heavenly setting? Well, to tell the truth, it's a bit isolated from the rest of the world. If this icon of cinema, fashion and music does not leave her home, “this is to avoid triggering a crowd, which does not fail to happen at the slightest public appearance“.
“Going to the market or going to dinner at a restaurant are no longer part of the possible plans, for the same reason.” Car “every day, in front of the gate of her house, which she occupies with her husband in Saint-Tropez (Var), people are waiting for him.” Ils “leave words, flowers, want an autograph”. Which is flattering, certainly, but also and above all disabling, without forgetting that she is no longer in her prime. : “That's a real torture, and that prevents me from living normally. I'm a prisoner of my physique, today even more than before.”
We also learn in this article from Monde that she can no longer even enjoy the beach, even though she lives facing the sea. But she nevertheless keeps a habit that she likes very much: “However, there is something that does not change. Its 4L. Every day around noon, when all the tourist boats pass in front of La Madrague, under its windows, to show and admire BB's room from afar but far too closely, she sets sail in her little car, and goes to his other house, La Garrigue, elsewhere in Saint-Tropez.”
Brigitte Bardot and her taste for simple things
Among his favorite activities: recharging his batteries in contact with nature, near animals. “I'll tell you, I love being alone with my dogs, my garden, my trees, my silence. I love silence. Speaking for the sake of speaking and saying nothing, it annoys me, help, I don't I don't want to”, she confided to the newspaper. “In her garden that she loves and describes, cute little rabbits wander around all the time, everywhere in the grass. Around her house, horses, pigs, sheep, ducks live their lives and delight Brigitte who, although she cannot take care of it, is amazed by it.”
Brigitte Bardot also escapes into books, and listens to Radio Classique. And the time of day she enjoys the most is the morning. She finds her pigeons there: “There are plenty of them, it's as pretty as anything. I give them lots of seeds, they are adorable, even if they pop everywhere, I don't care, I listen to them coo.” A simple life then. even minimalist: “I don't need anything. As I live, I have everything I need. I never want more than what I have. I make my meals with natural things. As I am vegetarian, it's very quickly done, I'll tell you, I wear the same clothes that when I was 50 – I am lucky to have kept the same figure.”
