Jane Fonda Shuts Down Megyn Kelly in Testy Interview
by EG
Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly is having a rough start in her new gig as host of Megyn Kelly Today at NBC. First there was news that Kylie Jenner dodged an interview with Kelly for fear that the host would try to ambush her with hard questions. Then Kelly made an awkward comment to a gay guest and drew the ire of Will & Grace star Debra Messing. Then on Wednesday, she made the mistake of asking guest Jane Fonda about her plastic surgery history instead of the new movie that Fonda was there to promote. Apparently, Kelly is finding interviewing celebrities on a lifestyle show to be more difficult than sparring with talking heads on a conservative political showcase.
Via People.
Jane Fonda had a curt response to Megyn Kelly during Wednesday’s episode of NBC’s TODAY show, when the former Fox News host asked about Fonda’s history with plastic surgery.
“You’ve been an example to everyone in how to age beautifully and with strength and unapologetically. You admit you’ve had work done, which I think is to your credit. But you look amazing,” Kelly said to Fonda, who appeared during Kelly’s hour of the TODAY show with her Our Souls at Night costar Robert Redford. “I read that you said you’re not proud to admit you’ve had work done. Why not?”
Fonda stared at Kelly and then answered: “We really want to talk about that right now?”
Kelly quickly replied, “One of the things people think about you when they look at you is how amazing you look.”
In response to Kelly, Fonda credited her “good attitude, good posture,” and taking care of herself as reasons for how she looks now. She then shifted the segment back to Our Souls at Night as Redford chuckled. “But let me tell you why I love this movie that we did, Our Souls at Night, rather than plastic surgery,” Fonda said.
In the Netflix film, Fonda and Redford play a widow and widower, respectively, who fall into a romantic relationship with each other. The film marks a reunion for the stars, who first appeared together in 1967’s Barefoot in the Park.
“You kind of have a choice in life when you get close to 80 or even before then, what you want to do with your life,” Fonda said to Kelly, pivoting away from plastic surgery. “And my character, Addie, in this movie, she knows there’s a lot more time behind her than there is in front and she doesn’t want to go down lonely and scared.”
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