Jane Fonda ‘dazed’ in ‘toe-curling’ red carpet interview before powerful SAG speech

Award-winning actress Jane Fonda, 87, raised a few eyebrows thanks to her red carpet interview at the SAG Awards on Sunday (23.02.25).

At the star-studded event over the weekend, the Oscar winner received a Lifetime Achievement award at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. She urged people to “be brave” and “stay in community.”

She compared how Hollywood came together in the wake of McCarthyism in the late 1950s and demanded that everyone involved in the sector once more “resist successfully” the current hostile political climate.

However, before escorting her honor, Jane showed up onstage with red carpet host Lilly Singh while she was having a conversation. She appeared ‘dazed’ and ‘confused’. The actress from Monster In Law had a difficult time responding to some questions and seemed to stumble over her words at times.

Body language expert Judi James claims that Jane initially had a plan, but the award-winning actress eventually started to “frozen” up for real. “]There were] long pauses followed each question, and at times, she appeared to glare or stare at the interviewer rather than engaging in conversation”, she noted. “The tension made for a toe-curling interview”.

During her acceptance speech, Jane said: “I’m a big believer in unions. They empower us, unite us, and give us power. Power is defined by community, which is crucial at this time. Workers power is being attacked and community is being weakened, but SAG-AFTRA is different to most other unions because us, the workers, we actors, we don’t manufacture anything. What we create is empathy. We must be able to affect another person’s souls by understanding them so deeply. We are aware of their motives. Their joy and pain are oboed by us.

We need a big tent to withstand the pressure that is coming our way because many people are going to be really hurt by what is happening and coming our way, and even if they are of a different political party, we must ask for our empathy, not to judge, but to listen from our hearts and welcome them into our tent.

In 1958, I made my first film because it represented the end of McCarthyism and the era of career destruction. It’s important to remember that Hollywood fought back today. Overseas, brave American producers hired blacklisted writers… Hollywood fights back on ABC Radio, which they hosted. Every major name actor in town was a member of the committee.

Have any of you ever questioned themselves about the bravery to walk the bridge while watching a documentary about one of the great movements, such as the Aartheid or Civil Rights or Stonewall? Would you have walked up to the dogs, batons, and hoses?

This is our documentary moment, and we don’t have to wonder about it any longer. And it’s not a rehearsal. This is it, and we mustn’t for a moment kid ourselves about what is happening.

” This is big time serious folks, so let’s be brave. We must not isolate, stay in community, support the vulnerable, and create inspiring future visions. One that is beckoning and welcoming. That will make people think that there will still be beauty and love on the other side. And we can swim in a vast ocean of truth. Lets make it so. “

Earlier in her speech, Jane – who was given the award by Julia Louis-Dreyfus – reflected on her” weird “career and joked she’ll be doing her” own stunts “in her 90s. She said:” This means the world to me, you can’t know. Thank you SAG-AFTRA. And your enthusiasm makes this seem, I don’t know, less like a twilight of my life and more like a ‘ go girl, kick ass — which is good because I’m not done. ‘

“I have had a really weird career, totally unstrageic. I retired for 15 years, but I then turned 65, which is unusual. In my 80s and probably in my 90s, I’ll be performing my own stunts in an action film. If you’ve ever heard the expression, “It’s okay to be a late bloomer as long as you don’t miss the flower show,” I’m a late bloomer, this is the flower show”.

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Source: Mirror