Brigitte Bardot’s Most Painful Secret Wasn’t Fame

The French icon ruled cinema, fashion, and controversy

Meet the Son Brigitte Bardot Never Wanted to Be Known For

Brigitte Bardot had just one child — Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, born in Paris in 1960.

Nicolas was born during a home birth in Bardot’s Paris apartment

In her memoir, Bardot wrote that pregnancy felt like losing herself

After divorcing actor Jacques Charrier in 1962, Bardot gave up custody

Nicolas grew up far from Bardot’s spotlight

Bardot’s book Initiales B.B. described Nicolas as the “object of my misfortune,”

Nicolas and Jacques Charrier attempted to censor the memoir

After publication, Nicolas and his father sued Bardot for invasion of privacy.

Jacques Charrier released his own book, defending Bardot’s love for Nicolas