Brigitte Bardot, 88, recovering after first responders treated '60s star for breathing issues

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Brigitte Bardot is recovering after first responders rushed to her home. Several French outlets reported on Wednesday that emergency services were called in that morning after the 88-year-old struggled to breathe.

A spokesperson for the '60s star confirmed to Fox News Digital that the actress suffered a health scare due to a blistering heat wave in Saint-Tropez but is now recovering. "Brigitte Bardot is much better," said the spokesperson. "She is resting after her respiratory problem due to the heat wave [with] the temperature in St Tropez exceeding 40° Celsius [104° Fahrenheit]." The former sex symbol’s husband, Bernard d’Ormale, told Var-matin that "ambulances got the wrong address" before arriving at the couple’s residence. "It was around 9 a.m.

when Brigitte had trouble breathing," he explained to the local outlet. "It was harder than usual, but she didn’t lose consciousness.

Let’s call it a moment of respiratory distraction.The firefighters arrived, gave her oxygen to breathe and stayed for a moment to watch her." D’Ormale insisted that emergency personnel addressed the health concern and that his wife would continue to recover in their home. "Like all people of a certain age, she can no longer bear the heat," he said. "It happens at 88, she must not make unnecessary efforts." On Sunday, Bardot took to social media where she paid tribute to fellow ‘60s French style icon Jane Birkin, the British actress and singer who passed away that day at age 76. "I am really sad," Bardot wrote in a handwritten letter posted on Twitter. "Jane is gone.