\nJane Fonda \u2018calls out Donald Trump\u2019 during SAG award speech\n
Jane Fonda\u2019s hardly been a stranger to political controversy over the course of her long and storied career. Once dubbed \u201cHanoi Jane\u201d after being photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun in 1972, it\u2019s fair to say she\u2019s had her fair share of public chastisement.\n
The actress was also an opinion-splitting figure as far back as the 1960s, when she actively supported the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panthers to the chagrin of certain sections of society.\n
This past weekend, Fonda was awarded the Screen Actors\u2019 Guild (SAG) Life Achievement Award, and used part of her speech to throw shade in the direction of President Donald Trump.\n
With the current political climate in the US testy to say the least, it\u2019s hardly a wonder that many of the country\u2019s biggest celebrities are making their voices heard.\n
For 87-year-old Fonda, Sunday\u2019s SAG Awards provided the perfect platform to make a statement.\n
\u201cThank you SAG AFTRA. Your enthusiasm makes this seem less like a late twilight of my life, and more like a go girl, kick a**. Which is good because I\u2019m not done.\u201d Fonda said.\n
Though she didn\u2019t directly namedrop President Trump, Fonda referenced Sebastian Stan\u2019s portrayal of him in 2024\u2019s The Apprentice.\n
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Jane Fonda\u2019s speech\n
\u201cThough you may hate the behavior of your character, you have to understand and empathize with the traumatized person you\u2019re playing,\u201d she said.\n
The actress proceeded to then defend \u2018wokeness\u2019, stating: \u201cEmpathy is not weak or \u2018woke.\u2019 And, by the way, \u2018woke\u2019 just means you give a damn about other people.\n
\u201cA whole lot of people are going to be hurt by what\u2019s happening, by what\u2019s coming our way,\u201d she continued.\u201d\u2018We are going to need a big tent to resist what\u2019s coming at us.\u201d\n
\u201cAnd even if they are of a different political persuasion, we need to call upon our empathy and not judge, but listen from our hearts, and welcome them into our tent. Because we are gonna need a big tent to resist successfully what\u2019s coming at us.\u201d\n
Fonda\u2019s comments come in the wake of some turbulent weeks in US politics. Many had anticipated that Trump\u2019s second term in office would mean chaos, but few could have predicted just how fast the apple cart might be tipped upside down.\n
Amid a slew of executive orders and typically boisterous claims \u2013 many of which have questionable ties to reality \u2013 Trump has wasted no time at all in trying to enforce large-scale changes, for better or for worse.\n
His newly-founded Department of Government Efficiency, headed by Elon Musk, has come in for particular criticism in recent days, while Trump\u2019s apparent siding with despot Vladimir Putin in an attempt to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine has caused concern on the international stage.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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