BOMBSHELL Brigitte Bardot says ditching showbiz saved her life!
The French screen siren shot to fame with a string of hits — including 1956’s And God Created Woman — but quit acting in 1973 while her 20-plus-year career was still going strong.
“When I said goodbye to this job, to this life of opulence and glitter, images and adoration, the quest to be desired, I was saving my life,” says the fame-weary former pinup.
The 84-year-old animal rights activist now says she feels “hunted” by fans who want “to embrace me, touch me,” but admits: “In the beginning, I enjoyed having people talking about me, but very quickly, it suffocated and destroyed me.”
Bardot adds, “It is only with animals, with nature, that I found peace.”…
