Overview
- Roan first posted that Bardot inspired her 2023 single “Red Wine Supernova” and wrote “rest in peace,” then deleted the message and apologized, saying she did not condone Bardot’s views.
- Bardot died December 28 at age 91 at her home in southern France, according to a representative of her namesake foundation who spoke to the Associated Press.
- French courts fined Bardot multiple times for inciting racial hatred, chiefly over comments targeting Muslims, and she had documented ties to the far right through support for Le Pen figures and marriage to Jean‑Marie Le Pen adviser Bernard d’Ormale.
- Social-media users criticized Roan for praising Bardot and others defended her quick correction, while noting the singer had already name-checked Bardot in the opening line of “Red Wine Supernova.”
- Other young public figures, including Odessa A’zion and Apple Martin, also deleted or revised tributes after learning of Bardot’s record, as French leaders from President Emmanuel Macron to National Rally’s Jordan Bardella offered contrasting remembrances.