French activist Jean-Baptiste Redde, also known as Voltuan holds a placard reading "Animals thank Brigitte Bardot" as mourners and fans watch on a screen the live broadcast of the funeral ceremony for late French actress Brigitte Bardot, at Notre-Dame de l'Assomption church in Saint-Tropez, southeastern France, on January 7, 2026. French film sensation Brigitte Bardot, a symbol of sexual liberation in the 1950s and 1960s who reinvented herself as an animal rights defender and embraced far-right views, died on Decmber 28, 2025 aged 91. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)