Actress Brigitte Bardot is recovering at home in Saint-Tropez, France, after spending three weeks in the hospital, according to French newspaper Var-Matin.

Bardot, 91, underwent surgery related to a “serious illness” and was in “worrying” condition, the paper adds, citing unnamed sources.

Us Weekly has reached out to Bardot’s foundation for comment.

The actor and singer retired in the 1970s and has kept a relatively low profile since then. Bardot’s reported hospitalization comes just over two years after she suffered respiratory problems amid a July heat wave in 2023. Medics arrived at her home to treat her for difficulty breathing.

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“[Her breathing] was stronger than usual but she did not lose consciousness,” her husband, Bernard d’Orma

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