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‘Today’ Show Apologizes Over Fonda C-Bomb

Feb 14, 2008  •  Post A Comment

There were red faces at NBC Thursday morning after actress and longtime activist Jane Fonda dropped the forbidden c-word on “Today” during a segment about “The Vagina Monologues.”
“Today” co-anchor Meredith Vieira apologized on air some 20 minutes later.
Ms. Vieira had conducted the interview with “Monologues” writer Eve Ensler and Ms. Fonda, who said she initially resisted the invitation to participate in the play years ago.
As Ms. Fonda recalled it, “I was asked to do a monologue called ‘C—,’ and I said, ‘I don’t think so. I’ve got enough problems.’ ”
“Today” dropped the sound and slipped in a still photo to make sure no one could lip-read the word for Central, Mountain and Pacific feeds of the No. 1 morning show, but they retained Ms. Vieira’s apology in the later feeds.
“Before we go to break, in our last half-hour we were talking about ‘The Vagina Monologues’ and Jane Fonda inadvertently said a word from the play that you don’t say on television.” Ms. Vieira said. “It was a slip, and obviously, she apologizes and so do we. We would do nothing to offend the audience, so please accept that apology.”
A “Today” representative said there were e-mails from viewers about Ms. Fonda’s slip of the lip but declined to characterize the comments.
Perhaps there’s something in the water that veteran actresses are drinking these days. Diane Keaton dropped the F-bomb on “Good Morning America” recently.
(Editor: Baumann)

65 Comments

  1. I suppose Meredith thinks everyone is as dumb as her audience. That was no inadvertent slip; it was deliberate.

  2. Henry didn’t raise no fool.
    You go jane!

  3. LOVE IT!!! It’s a TITLE of a monologue…not like she called Meredith a “c-word”. Give me a break. I’m not sure the morning audience could even tolerate hearing the word VAGINA!!! Maybe we should call it the (while whispering) “woman’s area” Monologues.

  4. There is nothing wrong with what Fonda said, It is in context with the “The Vagina Monologues.” This is why they have the play in the first place – ignorance and if the Today show is so afraid it should have never invited members of the cast on!
    As for Keaton, please! Grow up. A women swears and she must be an alcoholic or you just trying to denigrate these women because they are proud liberals.

  5. The Woo-Woo Monologues sounds kind of silly. I don’t think I can handle neocon baby talk as an alternative.

  6. If a man had used this word he would have already been fired. She was out of line, is smart enough to know exactly what she intended to say, and she said it. What does she care? This is no different than her “I asked them not to publish the picture” apology for sitting in the seat of an antiaircraft gun while in Hanoi.

  7. Stupid yahoo news didn’t even give a hint as to what she said. I had to come here to figure out what was going on. Everyone go to yahoo’s story and vote it to be the pile of shit it is http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/ap_en_ot/tv_fonda_apology;_ylt=AmQcMVtXl0Bul5EaS.2jcrqs0NUE

  8. Can’t we just all grow up already? Who really has time for this silliness?

  9. Does it really matter that she used that word within the context of The Vagina Monologues? Everyone knows that Jane Fonda is a free spirit and good for her!
    But ultimately, who cares? Why do words that describe the human body offend you? Why are Americans so sensitive with everything…race, religion, language? You can barely breathe anymore without offending someone and being slapped with a law suit. It’s really annoying. Loosen up people and get over your issues. Having to pussyfoot around ignorant people has gotten really old.

  10. And I’m sick and tired of liberals proclaiming everyone who disagrees with them as ignorant. I thought you people were all about tolerance! Guess that doesn’t apply to people with morals, though. Gotta draw the line somewhere, right? Jackasses.

  11. Hey NumbSkull…never said I was a liberal. BUT, I definitely don’t have tolerance for ignorance and fear of the human body. And I don’t have tolerance for people who are closed-minded. If you’re so moral, then maybe YOU should be tolerant of others’ opinions.

  12. What exactly is immoral about the word cunt, when used in that context? Please enlighten us NumbSkull.

  13. Give me a break.
    There was a time when people would simply know what was and wasn’t appropriate for broadcast television.
    There’s no way Jane Fonda (or Diane Keaton, for that matter) didn’t know those rules that have been in place oh, since the beginning of television.
    Instead, I suspect a concerted effort to appear “edgy.”
    If the morning shows want to rate themselves TV-MA and allow such language, hey, more power to them.
    But on a TV-G program? Please.
    (By the way, it’s not a technical term, it’s a slang term that most dictionaries would tell you is felt to be offensive.
    I guess if excrement is discussed on-air, anchors should just feel free to refer to it as sh*t.)

  14. I can’t wait to see what Letterman says about this 😀

  15. Served the Today show right for booking that lousy traitor!

  16. A word is just a word That particular word is very offensive to many…I would have been shocked to hear it on TV; but there are scores of people who use the word as frequently as the word “bitch” is used.
    I have 2 co-workers whose mwarriages ended when their husbands called them that once….it was the straw that broke the camels back. It is a word that can never be taken back when used in anger.

  17. Here in Amherst, Massachusetts our HIGH SCHOOL is going to perform ‘The Vagina Monologues’ tomorrow night. And No, School officials are not going to issue an apology for allowing a teenager to scream the C-word in public. Yes, this is the same High School that in 1999 became the only entity in history to ban a production of ‘West Side Story’. Now you know why I call my Blog “Only in Amherst!”

  18. There was no reason to use that word on public television. There are FCC laws and she damn well KNOWS them! Imus was crucified for saying “Ho” but this is okay with everyone?
    Alexa, There is no nice way to say it so here it is.. you are a moron. C*nt is a slang term and considered a derogatory one by any morally sound human being. Just like ANY other filth, it does NOT belong on the public airwaves. Lets all just start saying n*gger, c*ck, f*ggot, dyk*, f*ck and anything else we want and let’s all learn to be tolerant. Fat chance, oh enlightened one. I’d wager its all okay right up until it offends YOU! If you are all about tolerance it would be okay for me to state that “Alexa is probably a tea-swilling limey with sh*tty teeth and inbred facial features.” because, hey, ya gotta be tolerant, right? I don’t mean that last statement. It was only to prove a point… but I DO mean this one. Take your “you Americans” and stick it right up your ass, you crass ignoramus.
    I know your type all to well. You’re just another one-off whackjob that thinks smearing feces on a canvas is art. Yes you ARE a Lib preaching your tolerance crap. Why not be tolerant of the fact that people with values think you’re what is wrong with society today? Hmmmm? You sound like my 15 year old daughter with that “be tolerant” blather!
    And you think I’m easily offended? If Jane had her way 40 years ago We wouldn’t be throwing our “intolerance” around in English and she would be shot in the head in a public square by the VC for such an offense. She was an idiot then and she still shines her stupidity today.
    By the way, can you tell I’m sick of hearing about how we all need to “Be Tolerant” while our kids are demoralized by the media?

  19. Smoking Bob for President!

  20. On the Vagina Monolgues:
    It takes talent to make the vagina boring to men. But they managed it somehow.

  21. Here in Amherst, Mass our HIGH SCHOOL will perform ‘The Vagina Monologues’ tonight (yeah, the same High School that banned ‘West Side Story’ in 1999). And school officials don’t plan to apologize. In fact, they are proud. Only in Amherst!

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