The one question to NEVER ask Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is one of the most outspoken stars in Hollywood, but there’s one question the 79-year-old won’t answer.
During an appearance on NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today on Wednesday to promote her new film “Our Souls at Night” with Robert Redford, Fonda shut down Kelly’s questioning when she asked about Fonda’s plastic surgery.
Kelly eased into the question, by first complimenting Fonda, saying: “You’ve been an example to everyone in how to age beautifully and with strength and unapologetically.”
“You admit that you’ve had work done, which I think is to your credit. And you look amazing. Why did you say, I read that you said, you’re not proud to admit you had work done. Why not?” Kelly asked.
Fonda appeared uncomfortable, pausing for a few seconds before retorting: “We really want to talk about that right now?”
Kelly, trying to recover, quickly replied, “Well one of the things people think when they look at you is how amazing you look.”
“Well thanks,” Fonda replied. “Good attitude, good posture, take care of myself — but let me tell you why I love this movie, Our Souls at Night, rather than plastic surgery.”
And that was the end of that! Redford, who was sitting on the couch next to Fonda, laughed at her abrupt change of subject.
The two are longtime friends, having played newlyweds in the 1967 classic Barefoot in the Park.
Now they’ve reunited again 50 years later to play widowed neighbours who fall in love in Our Souls at Night.
“You kind of have a choice in life when you get to be close to 80, what you want to do with your life. And my character in this movie, she knows that there’s a lot more time behind her than there is in front and she doesn’t want to go down lonely and scared,” Fonda said.
“One of the things I really like about Jane that’s manifested in this film is that she really is a force,” Redford, 81, said. “As long as I’ve known Jane she’s always moving forward, and doesn’t look back. And whatever pain, whatever problems she’s had in the past, remains in the past and she keeps moving forward. It’s an admirable quality and very few people have it like Jane does.”
Asked what age she would be if she could go back to any, Fonda quickly quipped “right now.”
“I wouldn’t want any other time,” she said.