This was an amazing, very moving interview. I already liked and admired Jane, and now I love her even more. When she teared up about her father, I found that especially touching. And she's so right that many of us around her age had fathers that weren't openly affectionate or emotional. Great interview. Thank you, Chris Wallace.
The older you get, the more vulnerable you become. All of the hardness that builds up in adulthood through to late middle age starts to fade away, back to the pure hearts we had in childhood. That’s what I thought watching Jane tear up seeing her father onscreen.
NOTHING to do with age, that's eternal. My parents died young, I think of them every day, not to grieve but as inspiration. Jane has loved her Dad always, no matter how difficult he made it, he's also part of her trauma over her mother's suicide, some things we don't get over, but she is literally a survivor, you have to be to reach old age.
I love Jane Fonda and with this interview in which she bared her emotions, misgivings, shyness, etc., I love and admire her even more. She's one hell of a lady. Kudos and thanks Chris.
She bared her SOUL, much like those pilots did writing notes to their families while being a POW. She took those notes and had them killed. SHES SO PRECIOUS! 🤣
"I am not scared of dying. What I am really scared of is getting to the end of life with a lot of regrets when there's no time to do anything about it". I can relate to that! . . . I loved the interview!
@Claude Charley- Was she eventually right about the war? Lots of anti-war activists usually are. Many who called out Bush, like the Dixie Chicks, got the same treatment. But they too were right.
@Claude Charley She was very young and has apologized for that on several occasions. I like people that can publicly admit their mistakes and ask for forgiveness.
@@rtorres4132 Pay attention, Amweicans have been @ war with one another before this country even existed, Jane wasn''t the only 1 against Vietnem, now you kill each in the streets, concerts, theatres & school grounds.
I was my father's youngest son. I saw my father cry one time in my life. It was when I was getting on the plane to go to boot camp when I was 18. My father told me a few years later he wasn't ready to see his baby boy leave home. He's been gone a while now and when my youngest left home recently, I felt connected to my father again and what it was like for him all those years ago
@@SUGAR_XYLER the song speaks volumes for all people. People raised during the depression was raised in survival mode, they were humble and the wisdom they had insurmountable.
One of the best interviews I have ever watched! Never seen anyone being so vulnerable and open like Jane Fonda is here. Just beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. ❤
Love and memory are remarkable. She's 85, her father died over 40 years ago and the grief is still there as strong as ever, when something triggers it. I lost my father in November and I'm fine 99% of them then something will catch me and I'm in tears. I guess that never ends.
It doesn’t; not really. My dad passed away 17 years ago, and it’s still there. I’m okay most of the time, though I miss him all the time. But there are still days that I am barely functional because the grief feels so heavy.
I feel like this for my beloved granny but never for my father. He was not some evil man but he never unerstood my right to be an independent person. He had always treated me just as a child belonging to him. My mother still treats me like this today... and she is 97 and I am 70 - having my own husband, children, grandchildren ... I have been longing for freedom away from my parents for 70 years now.
So many women so love that show! Refreshing return to true comedy with the best timing and acting. Growth for the actresses and for the audience. The world was starving for good comedy and depth!
@@jaymass1178 a traitor? Do you know the problems - medically and physically - that Vietnam veterans came home with? What the US put both their own soldiers and the Vietnamese people through was freaking horrific.
I read the book about her life she wrote a few years ago and got such insight into the real Jane Fonda. She has learned so many life lessons the hard way, but she did learn them. Jane Fonda is quite a lady!
@@antoniahamilton3201 my guess is they're not hanging outside for everyone to see unlike some other people that like to shake them in other people's faces!
@@jaymass1178 She's apologized for that and admitted to being wrong. People make mistakes - she never fired that AA gun, she only sat in the seat. And she never turned over any notes.
Jane has always been involved in films that had powerful themes of cultural significance with corollaries to the current events at the time . cat balloo. barbarella. coming home. china syndrome. dick and jane. nine to five. agnes of god are some of my favorite films of hers. diverse characters that show the range of her performance abilities. She has her lingering critics from early boomers and silent gen who think anti-war protests she was involved with during Vietnam were unpatriotic. She also was at the forefront of the major health and fitness craze of the 80s with her workout videotapes as that technology was booming.
Well done, Jane. You have always been an inspiration - so brave, even if you don't think so. Congratulations and thanks from a 77 year old across the big pond.
She made me cry too. I grew up in a similar matter where my Father never paid me compliments nor discussed important things with me. Communication was not his strong point and it affected my relationships also. I was always picking men like my Father. I understand why now and now prefer to stay single for what remains of it.
It takes a pretty strong person to survive a father who barely communicates with you, his daughter, and a mother who commits suicide when you're 12. Jane is that strong, brilliant, talented woman.
It took me a while before I fund out that MOST families were at least as f'ed-up as mine... She isn't special, she is normal. Having a nice, tv family is a 1 in 1000 event. Even then, it's still fake, just look at how Dr. Huxtable really turned out. Cheers.
I miss my Mom every day. I had the honor of taking care of her in her last decade of life. Now I take care of my Dad. I love my parents so much. I had two husbands, can't see myself getting married again.
Touching to see Jane get emotional while viewing her father on screen. I am 63 y.o. I do not need a man & I am okay. Companion would be nice though. I miss my parents as well. So glad I was able to heal my relationship with them before they both transitioned.
@@jamilgotcher5456 ...marriage doesn't necessarily = happiness...besides, I too am almost 50 , took care of my mom all while working ft & running both housesholds. I wouldn't have traded this arrangement for anything in the world. I also had 2 brothers that lived relatively close so there was always a steady flow of people, activities & love surrounding her in her final days. Though I knew the time was near & crawled into bed with her & held her close in my arms loving. I've never stopped missing this remarkable woman ⚘🙏
Thank you, Jane. And thank you Chris. I had that same midwestern father. And my awakening came at 52, aha! I appreciated the realness and candor. And if it wasn’t real, damn you’re good!
What amazes me is how this type of pain doesn’t leave at no matter what age. My 84 year old mother still agonises over the dysfunctional relationship with her abusive father who is long gone. The human condition is something else altogether
Hope your mom can find insight and peace over her relationship with her father. Most likely, he, too was a victim of horrific abuse and passed that along to her. I am 66 and have done years of deep inner work to deal with my father's abuse. I learned so much about what my father and his mother and siblings endured at the hands of his father. Who knows how many generations endured poverty, racism, extreme deprivation and abuse to get down to us. Healing, resolution, reconciliation and forgiveness and understanding are always possible.
I get it, my mom is like this but hides it because she's been threw a lot an was an over achiever ,, I have the same fate I don't talk to any of my siblings or family either an I have issue because of family, I'm the youngest an only girl so I get it
I have so much respect for you, Ms. Fonda. I so appreciated what you shared so vulnerably and authentically in this interview. You are still gorgeous outwardly and inwardly.
But his characters were very often like himself, stoic, 1 reason he was so great in Westerns, or as a man of conscience, like in 12 Angry Men & Mr. Roberts.
@@unowen-nh9ov Mr. Roberts was in my opinion one of the greatest films ever! I loved the part where Jack Lemmon (Ensign Pulver) was coming down the steps and finally ran into the Captain (James Cagney) who asked him who he was. "Well Ensign Pulver how long have you been on board?, SIX MONTHS!?, and I haven't seen you, "well I've been busy doing laundry and moral boosting, well Ensign Pulver we must have dinner some time" than Mr. Roberts (Henry Fonda) giving him the business for being scared of the captain, so cool, and such a good movie.
Classically. He WASN'T expressing HIS emotions in movies at all! That's the POINT! He was acting other emotions, SCRIPTED, therefore FAKE emotions. As another commenter says, most of his roles were stoic emotionless men like him.
I don’t think it’s that she didn’t receive love in return. She told us he wept and for many parents who parent in this way that’s the language of love and forgiveness they are able to share in a way (form) that is beyond the words.
She reflects so many of us with our fathers, and not seeing what healthy relationships look like as we are growing up. Life is one long (we hope) learning experience. She is articulate and honest.
What a fantastic interview. I think Jane got a bum rap during the 1970's but jane plz forgive yourself for not being the mom you wish you were. I'm sorry that your mom did to you too, you deserved better. It's unfortunate your dad was born during a certain generation that couldn't show love very easily sometimes, however you've learned where your shortcomings are and your doing something to change it for the better, you should be congratulated on the good work you're doing. I wish you well.
My father has passed away but before he did he mentioned many times how he had no regrets and how happy he was about that. We all need to get our house in order before we go. Love you Jane Fonda. You are the best!
@@mhall801 Naah, clear hindsight shows that she was right in her stance against the Vietnam War. She's far more open minded, clear thinking and powerful than you could ever hope to be but that's an issue for you to deal with and get over bro.
@@stefanantolin5501 👈. There were Americans dying over there, thousands of soldiers while she was doing photo ops with the Vietnamese butchers that were killing them. You don’t have a single clue do you Stefan?
I love you Jane Fonda, you are a legend. I love tell it like it is , I love your honesty and your raw emotional truth. I’m so sorry about your childhood and I’m surprised your dad wasn’t more close to you after your mom passed. But I’m so happy you made amends with him before he died. I too loved my father but I didn’t get everything I needed from him . I was there when he was dying but he didn’t say anything to fix or close chapters no apologies. So I totally relate to you. I loved On Golden Pond. ❤❤❤ to you Jane.
I can only imagine how hard that would be to watch scenes of her dad. I lost my mom 13 years ago, and while it sounds nice on paper to have a massive archive video footage of her, I can understand how it would also be extremely hard to watch !
Jane communicating this helps so many! Ur life has been full of passion & trying to help the world. U did the best u could do at the time bc WHEN WE KNOW BETTER, WE DO BETTER! Parenting doesnt come with instructions we mirror what our parents did but u hopefully just opened souls WE CAN DO BETTER! Jane Fonda is not APATHETIC! God Bless & Stay Safe💜🙏💜💃
Fantastic interview! So authentic and inspiring ! I admire her courage and honesty that she seems to have displayed her whole life. I appreciate both of their honesty in this interview.
There is something about Jane Fonda that just makes me cry. She is so fearless and honest and sincere and wise and beautiful and, and, and. I wish I could sit in the corner of a cocktail party and talk to her all night. I wish I was as brave as her. What a gift she has been to this world whether it has been through her activism or her entertaining us…she just keeps on giving. I love you Jane. Please live forever!!
What a very touching interview. She was so open. The interviewer was sensitive and let her speak. I don't know if I have ever seen Jane Fonda so vulnerable and open. My 90 year old father of Mexican descent has always been the emotional one in my family. My 89 year old mother of German and British descent has always been cold, dismissive, harsh and seems to not have the capacity for personal intimacy, human warmth, etc. I think she endured such harsh poverty and emotional deprivation that it's a wonder she was so materially successful in her life. Yet it was a hell world living with a cold mother and has an impact to her children and grandchildren. Jane Fonda's mother died when she was 12. She was probably raised by nannies? She continues to be an amazing and admirable woman.
Jane is such an amazing women; despite her father's shortcomings, she became such a great person and role model for people (men and women) around the world.
She was very fortunate that Ted Turner divorced her when he did. She was lucky to be relieved of the burden of caring for a husband with Lewy Body Dementia.
This is one of the best interviews I've ever seen on Jane Fonda and especially with Chris Wallace sharing some of his feelings. Jane Fonda is a real person with a wonderful sense of what's right and I hope she continues to bless us with her insight. I wish I could share with her some of what I learned as this would help her in so may ways.
Great interview!! She was so real in this discussion. And knowing she is basically shy and is terrible at small talk is comforting because it is something I have struggled with all my 67 years. Thank you Jane for being honest and sincere.
I found that when you have situations like this with your father or mother and you feel distant, the only way you can go is back and I mean back to their childhood. I had two loving parents but they brought damaged into their marriage from their childhood. Actually unresolved damage. My mother was raped by her father and my dad had a deadbeat dad and a stepfather that beat him so bad and so much that he wound up being raised by his grandfather. There are things in our childhood that if we don't come to terms with them we can bring them into our children
I've never married, but it's interesting to see that my sister saw that our childhood was not what it should have been. She married a wonderful guy and they have two very happy, highly successful children. No life is idyllic but hers is pretty close. My brother, on the other hand, although successful and married to the same, wonderful woman, interestingly made the exact same parenting mistakes with their children as my parents did, and are still reaping what they sowed some 30 years later, which has resulted in much acrimony in their family. He and his wife are close, but their boys struggle with life.
@@SUGAR_XYLER No disrespect, but we can alter the course of past mistakes. I know many people who have done exactly the opposite of how their parents raised them. That must be so satisfying!! Not to say they won't make their own mistakes, but there are mistakes, and then there's plain neglect and deliberate power over those who have no choice but to endure it.
Ms. Fonda was a hero of mine back in the late 60s when I was an anti-war, & Civil Rights activist. I love her to this day for the strength I drew from her public personality. Thank you, Ms. Jane Fonda, for the beautiful & strong you, I see, that guided me🕊💪🏾🫶🏽❣️
This woman has withstood a great deal in her lifetime. She's broken. And still trying to put the pieces back together. SURPRISE! She's human like the rest of us. Yet people continue to beat her up. I personally think she's a national treasure, and deserves her flowers. None of that other stuff matters anymore. This moment was touching.
Jane Fonda was only 35 years old when she sat on top of that North Vietnamese tank. She's now 83, and some people still blame her. Enough is enough! She's expressed her regrets, yet some will not forgive. Her openness during this interview was admirable.
She's not broken. She is brave and so REAL. Her sense of the journey...wow. I have a few political differences...BUT MY global respect and admiration...have been steadfast for generations. I think God, may have broken the mold... Much adoration...I promise to follow your advice...starting, tomorrow.
@@jackienaiditch7965 Exactly. And she didn’t really know what was going to happen with that picture. She didn’t know it would be used as propaganda. People just need to just leave her alone.
I discovered her with Grace and Frankie and I have to admit, it is one of the best discoveries of my life 🖤 and listening to her, noticing some shared traits and quirks with her is an experience on its own. Thanks for delivering that 🖤👏🏻
My WW2 22YR Navy vet dad never told me he loved me, but he told me in his own way saying " No one in this life will do for you like me " I miss my dad to
I love you Jane. I remember this scene, it still lives with me today. So many are unable to be vulnerable, but those of us who are willing, it is a precious gift.
Great interview, I always really enjoy it when the two basically discuss her own personal issues with no problem, both of them related to their personal experiences and share them equally, very interesting
Thank you, dear Lady. I'm 55 yo. We have soooooooo many parallels. Mom's 85 yo, stable now, but delicate health ongoing. She had a stroke and heart attack 4 mos ago. When I was alone w her in the hospital, I hugged her and cried. Said to her that I was sorry she's had a hard life, that I forgave her for the trauma, that I was sorry I was not a better daughter, that I love her. In her drug-induced, dementia state, she looked at me straight in my eyes and started crying and hugged me.
I have never seen Jane Fonda be so open and candid. What a painful and wonderful life…. ❤ She touched on such real life things that almost everyone experiences. Much Love Jane Fonda!!!
@claudecharley9302 no and it was, clearly, a misguided effort toward peace. Something she apologized for. I would imagine that if you are so patriotic that you would aim your anger for our leaders who embroiled us in, what history has proven, a war we should not have been engaged in. Specially when the wealthy and powerful were securing non combat positions for their sons, while countless young men died. People like Trump and Bush. But I imagine that your cherry picking knows no shame.
@@mauriceortiz8817 I think you are constapitated. So what's your point?you obviously are to young and stupid to know anything about the "real"jane fonda
Very impressive. Two incredible people on equal level, able to have a real conversation. As raw as it can be. Television at its best. Thanks, Jane and Chris.
What a beautiful human being!! Most of us have complicated relationships with our parents. I can relate to that and I love how she is being transparent. We are all vulnerable and emotional inside. I may not know her personally but she really has accomplished a lot in her lifetime
Jane you and your father were and are amazing people! My father didn't know how to show love, he did it by doing things for us, changing our oil or something that would keep us safe! Just tell your children that you love them more than anything!
This was an amazing, very moving interview. I already liked and admired Jane, and now I love her even more. When she teared up about her father, I found that especially touching.
And she's so right that many of us around her age had fathers that weren't openly affectionate or emotional. Great interview. Thank you, Chris Wallace.
She IS a traitor
@@jetmirmetaliaj8521 😂
Hanoi Jane
She is an actress. It’s what she does. She provided aid and comfort to our enemies. That should never be forgotten.
She could have been an actress but she wound up here!
Great interview!! So real. You both expressed relationship issues and healing that many of us benefit from hearing. Thank you.
This level of honesty is exactly what we all need to be doing together. I thank both of you with all of my heart.
100 %
Yes, we need to discuss openly all the unpleasant things that are just part of the human condition. We’ve lost touch with our humanity.
Jane, you are wonderful!!
The older you get, the more vulnerable you become. All of the hardness that builds up in adulthood through to late middle age starts to fade away, back to the pure hearts we had in childhood. That’s what I thought watching Jane tear up seeing her father onscreen.
So true Pam💓
Very true
NOTHING to do with age, that's eternal. My parents died young, I think of them every day, not to grieve but as inspiration. Jane has loved her Dad always, no matter how difficult he made it, he's also part of her trauma over her mother's suicide, some things we don't get over, but she is literally a survivor, you have to be to reach old age.
Well said, Pam! So true.
you described it perfectly about going from not guarded to guarded to not guarded again
I love Jane Fonda and with this interview in which she bared her emotions, misgivings, shyness, etc., I love and admire her even more. She's one hell of a lady. Kudos and thanks Chris.
a traitor
@@silentmajority8365 your shallow and one dimensional
Was she now? Shy? Jane? Ok…
She bared her SOUL, much like those pilots did writing notes to their families while being a POW. She took those notes and had them killed. SHES SO PRECIOUS! 🤣
Jane is a complete idiot
"I am not scared of dying. What I am really scared of is getting to the end of life with a lot of regrets when there's no time to do anything about it".
I can relate to that! . . . I loved the interview!
Go Cancer
Beautiful picture of dog - so sweet.
Me too.
i hope she sees the faces of all the men she caused the death of for eternity
😪
What a wonderful interview .So Honest and vulnerable.Takes courage to do that👍❤️
It's crazy how hated she was by the American public once upon a time.
@Claude Charley- Was she eventually right about the war? Lots of anti-war activists usually are. Many who called out Bush, like the Dixie Chicks, got the same treatment. But they too were right.
@Claude Charley She was very young and has apologized for that on several occasions. I like people that can publicly admit their mistakes and ask for forgiveness.
@@rtorres4132 Pay attention, Amweicans have been @ war with one another before this country even existed, Jane wasn''t the only 1 against Vietnem, now you kill each in the streets, concerts, theatres & school grounds.
@claudecharley9302 What about It, why do you think she made Coming Home?
What a raw and honest interview. She’s not afraid to tell us things not many people can say out loud. Especially the motherhood part.
I love these kinds of interviews. She took time to think. She was candid. Vulnerable. A treasure.
I was my father's youngest son. I saw my father cry one time in my life. It was when I was getting on the plane to go to boot camp when I was 18. My father told me a few years later he wasn't ready to see his baby boy leave home. He's been gone a while now and when my youngest left home recently, I felt connected to my father again and what it was like for him all those years ago
Love.
It seems we always come full circle. Congrats!
@@randibgood
Sounds like a cats in the cradle reference 🙄
@@SUGAR_XYLER the song speaks volumes for all people. People raised during the depression was raised in survival mode, they were humble and the wisdom they had insurmountable.
Hanoi Jane
Lover her 🥰 keep up the amazing activism Jane!
What an emotionally courageous interview. She really seemed to bare her true feelings. I've always found her inspiring.
She is just a scumgbag liberal actress.
Bullshit.
I find her uninspiring. Not a very nice person at all.
One of the best interviews I have ever watched! Never seen anyone being so vulnerable and open like Jane Fonda is here. Just beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. ❤
The flames of hellfire await her for supporting abortion.
Love and memory are remarkable. She's 85, her father died over 40 years ago and the grief is still there as strong as ever, when something triggers it. I lost my father in November and I'm fine 99% of them then something will catch me and I'm in tears. I guess that never ends.
Not really "not never", IT will end at some point.
It doesn’t; not really. My dad passed away 17 years ago, and it’s still there. I’m okay most of the time, though I miss him all the time. But there are still days that I am barely functional because the grief feels so heavy.
I feel like this for my beloved granny but never for my father. He was not some evil man but he never unerstood my right to be an independent person. He had always treated me just as a child belonging to him. My mother still treats me like this today... and she is 97 and I am 70 - having my own husband, children, grandchildren ... I have been longing for freedom away from my parents for 70 years now.
Don’t believe 👿 evil pray she has never ask Jesus Christ to forgive her and she stood with evil 👿 remember that!!
Courage; this lady has so much courage.
We love you, Jane Fonda ❤️
Grace and Frankie was Hysterical as a comedy
So many women so love that show! Refreshing return to true comedy with the best timing and acting. Growth for the actresses and for the audience. The world was starving for good comedy and depth!
I just love her. She’s one of the most authentic actresses that’s ever graced the silver screen.
She IS a crazy libéral psycho
She's a traitor
@@jaymass1178 ohhh...please...
you must have been perfect when you were young...
@@jaymass1178 a traitor? Do you know the problems - medically and physically - that Vietnam veterans came home with? What the US put both their own soldiers and the Vietnamese people through was freaking horrific.
"Not scared of dying" coming from someone who made it their life mission to strive against God.
I love this so much, what a great lady!
me too!!!!!!
Wow. Jane Fonda in all her vulnerable glory. This is one of the best interviews between an anchor and a celebrity I've ever seen.
I read the book about her life she wrote a few years ago and got such insight into the real Jane Fonda. She has learned so many life lessons the hard way, but she did learn them. Jane Fonda is quite a lady!
Did she talk about why she's called Hanoi Jane?
@@jaymass1178 How are your hemorrhoids today?
@@antoniahamilton3201 my guess is they're not hanging outside for everyone to see unlike some other people that like to shake them in other people's faces!
@@jaymass1178
She's apologized for that and admitted to being wrong. People make mistakes - she never fired that AA gun, she only sat in the seat.
And she never turned over any notes.
@@antoniahamilton3201
That is an incredibly stupid statement.
Love her so much. There is so much hard won wisdom in her.
I just want to give Jane Fonda a hug. How hard it must be to see loved ones in such context.
Jane has always been involved in films that had powerful themes of cultural significance with corollaries to the current events at the time .
cat balloo. barbarella. coming home. china syndrome. dick and jane. nine to five. agnes of god are some of my favorite films of hers. diverse characters that show the range of her performance abilities.
She has her lingering critics from early boomers and silent gen who think anti-war protests she was involved with during Vietnam were unpatriotic. She also was at the forefront of the major health and fitness craze of the 80s with her workout videotapes as that technology was booming.
She looked really raw there… like she needed a hug ❤ ! I agree such a context as the movie is a life reflection.
WOW… that was the most honest interview with a celebrity I have ever seen. What an amazing lady, very impressive!!
Well done, Jane. You have always been an inspiration - so brave, even if you don't think so. Congratulations and thanks from a 77 year old across the big pond.
Now I'm crying 😭
Yeah. I was unprepared to have her directly address my own struggle to understand my own father. Now I'm a wreck.
She made me cry too. I grew up in a similar matter where my Father never paid me compliments nor discussed important things with me. Communication was not his strong point and it affected my relationships also. I was always picking men like my Father. I understand why now and now prefer to stay single for what remains of it.
Maybe cry for the pilots in Vietnam who got shot down by a gun turret she was sitting on a laughing her azz off with the North Vietnamese.
It takes a pretty strong person to survive a father who barely communicates with you, his daughter, and a mother who commits suicide when you're 12. Jane is that strong, brilliant, talented woman.
She's a traitor to her country
She was soooooo beautiful in Barbarella!! a hubba hubba!!!!
She’s a traitor. She should have gotten the firing squad.
It took me a while before I fund out that MOST families were at least as f'ed-up as mine... She isn't special, she is normal. Having a nice, tv family is a 1 in 1000 event. Even then, it's still fake, just look at how Dr. Huxtable really turned out.
Cheers.
I’m looking forward to dying too. Jane looks amazing by the way.
Of course I cried with her. Missing a parent you love never goes away... at any age. Wonderful interview
*Both of My Parents were Skuum!!!!*
dont care they are gone...
I miss my Mom every day. I had the honor of taking care of her in her last decade of life. Now I take care of my Dad. I love my parents so much. I had two husbands, can't see myself getting married again.
Touching to see Jane get emotional while viewing her father on screen. I am 63 y.o. I do not need a man & I am okay. Companion would be nice though. I miss my parents as well. So glad I was able to heal my relationship with them before they both transitioned.
@@jamilgotcher5456 ...marriage doesn't necessarily = happiness...besides, I too am almost 50 , took care of my mom all while working ft & running both housesholds. I wouldn't have traded this arrangement for anything in the world. I also had 2 brothers that lived relatively close so there was always a steady flow of people, activities & love surrounding her in her final days. Though I knew the time was near & crawled into bed with her & held her close in my
arms loving. I've never stopped missing this remarkable woman ⚘🙏
This is a powerful interview, and I can totally relate. Thank you, Jane and Chris for being so open.
This brings tears.
Thank you, Jane. And thank you Chris. I had that same midwestern father. And my awakening came at 52, aha! I appreciated the realness and candor. And if it wasn’t real, damn you’re good!
I have known Jane from cinema but knowing her up "personally" ,wow,she is real! amazing! what a great person!Thank you so much for this interview.
What amazes me is how this type of pain doesn’t leave at no matter what age. My 84 year old mother still agonises over the dysfunctional relationship with her abusive father who is long gone. The human condition is something else altogether
Hope your mom can find insight and peace over her relationship with her father. Most likely, he, too was a victim of horrific abuse and passed that along to her. I am 66 and have done years of deep inner work to deal with my father's abuse. I learned so much about what my father and his mother and siblings endured at the hands of his father. Who knows how many generations endured poverty, racism, extreme deprivation and abuse to get down to us. Healing, resolution, reconciliation and forgiveness and understanding are always possible.
@@motheryuba57 that’s very true, thank you for saying. Funny how most of our life can be spent dealing with the first 15 years of it
I get it, my mom is like this but hides it because she's been threw a lot an was an over achiever ,, I have the same fate I don't talk to any of my siblings or family either an I have issue because of family, I'm the youngest an only girl so I get it
There is no pain like the pain a child feels. And we carry our child self around with us all of our lives.
@@rsmith-wr7hc So tender and so true.
What a powerful interview. I thank her for her candidness and vulnerability.
I have so much respect for you, Ms. Fonda. I so appreciated what you shared so vulnerably and authentically in this interview. You are still gorgeous outwardly and inwardly.
Henry Fonda needed to be in the movies. It was a safe place for him to have and express his deepest emotions.
Astute observation.
But his characters were very often like himself, stoic, 1 reason he was so great in Westerns, or as a man of conscience, like in 12 Angry Men & Mr. Roberts.
@@unowen-nh9ov Mr. Roberts was in my opinion one of the greatest films ever! I loved the part where Jack Lemmon (Ensign Pulver) was coming down the steps and finally ran into the Captain (James Cagney) who asked him who he was. "Well Ensign Pulver how long have you been on board?, SIX MONTHS!?, and I haven't seen you, "well I've been busy doing laundry and moral boosting, well Ensign Pulver we must have dinner some time" than Mr. Roberts (Henry Fonda) giving him the business for being scared of the captain, so cool, and such a good movie.
The hell does that mean
Classically. He WASN'T expressing HIS emotions in movies at all! That's the POINT! He was acting other emotions, SCRIPTED, therefore FAKE emotions.
As another commenter says, most of his roles were stoic emotionless men like him.
How terrible to love your father immensely and receive no love in return is agonizing.
I don’t think it’s that she didn’t receive love in return. She told us he wept and for many parents who parent in this way that’s the language of love and forgiveness they are able to share in a way (form) that is beyond the words.
Love given in a different way
Sadly, as she said, many of us from a certain age group, and especially Midwestern, had this as our "normal" from both mother and father.
not to mention what he did to her mother
@@lordsatanicus1622 what did he do? I hadn't heard anything about that?
Jane Fonda always is a great movie star. Thanks.
She is a beautiful human being. I love her so much. Thank you for this. ❣️
She reflects so many of us with our fathers, and not seeing what healthy relationships look like as we are growing up. Life is one long (we hope) learning experience. She is articulate and honest.
I feel the same about life and regret
One of her regrets was not sleeping with Marvin Gaye 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a fantastic interview. I think Jane got a bum rap during the 1970's but jane plz forgive yourself for not being the mom you wish you were. I'm sorry that your mom did to you too, you deserved better. It's unfortunate your dad was born during a certain generation that couldn't show love very easily sometimes, however you've learned where your shortcomings are and your doing something to change it for the better, you should be congratulated on the good work you're doing. I wish you well.
My father has passed away but before he did he mentioned many times how he had no regrets and how happy he was about that. We all need to get our house in order before we go. Love you Jane Fonda. You are the best!
She’s a traitor
@@mhall801There we’re millions of us anti-war protestors. She was just famous.
@@mhall801 Naah, clear hindsight shows that she was right in her stance against the Vietnam War.
She's far more open minded, clear thinking and powerful than you could ever hope to be but that's an issue for you to deal with and get over bro.
@@mhall801 trump dodge the draft now that a real traitor.
@@stefanantolin5501 👈. There were Americans dying over there, thousands of soldiers while she was doing photo ops with the Vietnamese butchers that were killing them. You don’t have a single clue do you Stefan?
I love how honest and transparent she is.
I love you Jane Fonda, you are a legend. I love tell it like it is , I love your honesty and your raw emotional truth. I’m so sorry about your childhood and I’m surprised your dad wasn’t more close to you after your mom passed. But I’m so happy you made amends with him before he died. I too loved my father but I didn’t get everything I needed from him . I was there when he was dying but he didn’t say anything to fix or close chapters no apologies. So I totally relate to you. I loved On Golden Pond. ❤❤❤ to you Jane.
I can only imagine how hard that would be to watch scenes of her dad. I lost my mom 13 years ago, and while it sounds nice on paper to have a massive archive video footage of her, I can understand how it would also be extremely hard to watch !
Well I have trouble with pictures and tearing up, I can't imagine the pain and feelings of loss watching a Mother or Father on film.
@@christineblaszczyk1602 same. She's 85 and still aches for her dad. That feeling is forever.
Jane, you my well not be afraid of dying, but you will be greatly missed.
Jane communicating this helps so many! Ur life has been full of passion & trying to help the world. U did the best u could do at the time bc WHEN WE KNOW BETTER, WE DO BETTER! Parenting doesnt come with instructions we mirror what our parents did but u hopefully just opened souls WE CAN DO BETTER! Jane Fonda is not APATHETIC! God Bless & Stay Safe💜🙏💜💃
Excellent interview I just love Jane Fonda so much .
Fantastic interview! So authentic and inspiring ! I admire her courage and honesty that she seems to have displayed her whole life. I appreciate both of their honesty in this interview.
Try telling that to Vietnam vets. Her 'courage'.
she's so captivating.
What a remarkable conversation. So emotional an honest and raw.
Proof! The parental relationship is everything! And even at 80+ she weeps. Beautiful interview ❤
There is nothing like a father and daughter relationship.
The most real celebrity ever. Thank you for posting. A true and honest voice.
Thanks Jane. I feel bad you’ve may have suffered. What a a challenging upbringing. I think you’re very talented and you’ve brought me joy 😊
more than an amazing actress, shes a great human being. we're lucky to have her in our generation.
The generation that never leaves mommy's basement?Jane is a commie.guess you are too
Hanoi Jane.
@@walkawaycat431 this woke generation and CNN has no clue about the hatred Hanoi Jane has against American. I was at Eglin after in 72-74.
@Brent Smith Exactly. She's vile in other ways as well. So "Stunning and brave" what idiots.
@Brent Smith Thank you for your service.
Amazing interview. Took away so much. This is the model for all real interviews.
I loved, loved, loved this interview. So real! So special! Thank you Chris for this! ❣
There is something about Jane Fonda that just makes me cry. She is so fearless and honest and sincere and wise and beautiful and, and, and. I wish I could sit in the corner of a cocktail party and talk to her all night. I wish I was as brave as her. What a gift she has been to this world whether it has been through her activism or her entertaining us…she just keeps on giving. I love you Jane. Please live forever!!
Yes!
What a very touching interview. She was so open. The interviewer was sensitive and let her speak. I don't know if I have ever seen Jane Fonda so vulnerable and open. My 90 year old father of Mexican descent has always been the emotional one in my family. My 89 year old mother of German and British descent has always been cold, dismissive, harsh and seems to not have the capacity for personal intimacy, human warmth, etc. I think she endured such harsh poverty and emotional deprivation that it's a wonder she was so materially successful in her life. Yet it was a hell world living with a cold mother and has an impact to her children and grandchildren.
Jane Fonda's mother died when she was 12. She was probably raised by nannies? She continues to be an amazing and admirable woman.
Jane is such an amazing women; despite her father's shortcomings, she became such a great person and role model for people (men and women) around the world.
Role model? For selling out POWS in Vietnam?
For sure! amazing, beautiful, thoughtful, smart
She was very fortunate that Ted Turner divorced her when he did. She was lucky to be relieved of the burden of caring for a husband with Lewy Body Dementia.
This is one of the best interviews I've ever seen on Jane Fonda and especially with Chris Wallace sharing some of his feelings. Jane Fonda is a real person with a wonderful sense of what's right and I hope she continues to bless us with her insight. I wish I could share with her some of what I learned as this would help her in so may ways.
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What did you learn that you want to share?
Jane, you are such an inspiration and a cool and warm woman. Thank you for being you. Aloha.
Great interview!! She was so real in this discussion. And knowing she is basically shy and is terrible at small talk is comforting because it is something I have struggled with all my 67 years. Thank you Jane for being honest and sincere.
I love you Jane Fonda!😊💕
This is such an emotional interview. I teared up.
She has lead an amazing life!
Hanoi Jane
@@jaymass1178 ok?
She’s a traitor.
I found that when you have situations like this with your father or mother and you feel distant, the only way you can go is back and I mean back to their childhood. I had two loving parents but they brought damaged into their marriage from their childhood. Actually unresolved damage. My mother was raped by her father and my dad had a deadbeat dad and a stepfather that beat him so bad and so much that he wound up being raised by his grandfather. There are things in our childhood that if we don't come to terms with them we can bring them into our children
Glad that you achieved emotional peace and normalcy.
Absolutely without a doubt, I see my parents in myself and I see the way parents treat their kids and it sad .
I've never married, but it's interesting to see that my sister saw that our childhood was not what it should have been. She married a wonderful guy and they have two very happy, highly successful children. No life is idyllic but hers is pretty close.
My brother, on the other hand, although successful and married to the same, wonderful woman, interestingly made the exact same parenting mistakes with their children as my parents did, and are still reaping what they sowed some 30 years later, which has resulted in much acrimony in their family. He and his wife are close, but their boys struggle with life.
@@ksc743 my sister and I both had our tubes tied a long time ago. We refused to pass our parents wicked genes
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No disrespect, but we can alter the course of past mistakes. I know many people who have done exactly the opposite of how their parents raised them. That must be so satisfying!! Not to say they won't make their own mistakes, but there are mistakes, and then there's plain neglect and deliberate power over those who have no choice but to endure it.
Incredibly raw interview.
The weeping says it all Jane. Bless you sweetheart. Ty for sharing. It is healing
Ms. Fonda was a hero of mine back in the late 60s when I was an anti-war, & Civil Rights activist. I love her to this day for the strength I drew from her public personality. Thank you, Ms. Jane Fonda, for the beautiful & strong you, I see, that guided me🕊💪🏾🫶🏽❣️
i love you Jane. You are a legend in your own time. Keep on doing what you do!
I want to be like her when I’m older.
Yes, me too.
Me, too. Although I'm already old. So I'll just wish I was a cool as her.
Why not NOW?
You'd have to change your gender and make it in Hollywood
You want to be a traitor too? That’s weird.
This woman has withstood a great deal in her lifetime. She's broken. And still trying to put the pieces back together. SURPRISE! She's human like the rest of us. Yet people continue to beat her up. I personally think she's a national treasure, and deserves her flowers. None of that other stuff matters anymore. This moment was touching.
I’m on your team. Those of us that are compassionate are lucky and should be proud.
Jane Fonda was only 35 years old when she sat on top of that North Vietnamese tank. She's now 83, and some people still blame her. Enough is enough! She's expressed her regrets, yet some will not forgive. Her openness during this interview was admirable.
She's not broken. She is brave and so REAL. Her sense of the journey...wow. I have a few political differences...BUT MY global respect and admiration...have been steadfast for generations. I think God, may have broken the mold...
Much adoration...I promise to follow your advice...starting, tomorrow.
Why is she a national treasure?
@@jackienaiditch7965 Exactly. And she didn’t really know what was going to happen with that picture. She didn’t know it would be used as propaganda. People just need to just leave her alone.
I discovered her with Grace and Frankie and I have to admit, it is one of the best discoveries of my life 🖤 and listening to her, noticing some shared traits and quirks with her is an experience on its own. Thanks for delivering that 🖤👏🏻
More conversational than an interview...really beautiful from two of our era's fabulous minds
My WW2 22YR Navy vet dad never told me he loved me, but he told me in his own way saying " No one in this life will do for you like me " I miss my dad to
She understands what life is all about.
One hell of an interview. Thank you, Chris and of course, Jane.
I love you Jane. I remember this scene, it still lives with me today. So many are unable to be vulnerable, but those of us who are willing,
it is a precious gift.
Fantastic interview! I love and admire her even more - thank you Ms Fonda and Mr Wallace.
Great interview, I always really enjoy it when the two basically discuss her own personal issues with no problem, both of them related to their personal experiences and share them equally, very interesting
Jane and Chris two of my favorite people! ❤
Such heart & authenticity.
So sad, the bottling of emotion the stunted ability to share and express ……… so much love and respect for Jane Fonda ❤❣️❤️❣️❤️
I love her❤
She's very brave and honest. It's very moving and relatable.
Oh I love you Jane! Your my kind of person!
Thank you, dear Lady. I'm 55 yo. We have soooooooo many parallels. Mom's 85 yo, stable now, but delicate health ongoing. She had a stroke and heart attack 4 mos ago. When I was alone w her in the hospital, I hugged her and cried. Said to her that I was sorry she's had a hard life, that I forgave her for the trauma, that I was sorry I was not a better daughter, that I love her. In her drug-induced, dementia state, she looked at me straight in my eyes and started crying and hugged me.
Thank you Jane for opening up and letting us see your heart. Your honesty made me cry 💗
I have never seen Jane Fonda be so open and candid. What a painful and wonderful life…. ❤
She touched on such real life things that almost everyone experiences.
Much Love Jane Fonda!!!
I think Jane Fonda has contributed more than the average person to humanity.
The only contribution Jane fonda has ever given the world is rotten vomit 🤮
@claudecharley9302 no and it was, clearly, a misguided effort toward peace. Something she apologized for. I would imagine that if you are so patriotic that you would aim your anger for our leaders who embroiled us in, what history has proven, a war we should not have been engaged in. Specially when the wealthy and powerful were securing non combat positions for their sons, while countless young men died. People like Trump and Bush. But I imagine that your cherry picking knows no shame.
@@brentsmith2384 I think you're projecting discomfort when you look in the mirror and reflect on your contribution to the world
@@mauriceortiz8817 I think you are constapitated. So what's your point?you obviously are to young and stupid to know anything about the "real"jane fonda
No - she was a phony
Very impressive. Two incredible people on equal level, able to have a real conversation. As raw as it can be. Television at its best. Thanks, Jane and Chris.
Her wig is grey
Thank you Jane for sharing your ❤️💜
One of my idols as a kid, to see her open up like that warms my heart ❤
I love Jane Fonda she is, and has always been real, not afraid to be vulnerable and honest. So grateful, a woman after my own heart.
Jane led a shallow, rotten life. Full of horrible decision making, terrible acting and a truly messed up ideology. May she rotten in hell.
Hanoi Jane the traitor
@@mhall801 Give it up dude, she was right and you were wrong as usual.
@@stefanantolin5501 👈Right about being a traitor?
@@mhall801 coward trump
You are a damn good interviewer, Chris Wallace.
What a beautiful human being!! Most of us have complicated relationships with our parents. I can relate to that and I love how she is being transparent. We are all vulnerable and emotional inside. I may not know her personally but she really has accomplished a lot in her lifetime
You know billions of people and their relationships with their parents?
Weird.
Is it one of the best interviews I have ever heard.
Jane you and your father were and are amazing people! My father didn't know how to show love, he did it by doing things for us, changing our oil or something that would keep us safe! Just tell your children that you love them more than anything!