Jane Fonda Slip
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- Date: Feb 22,2008
Middle America is none to pleased with veteran thespiatrix Jane Fonda who yesterday entertained viewers of NBC’s Today show with “a four-letter word for female genitalia”.
Host Meredith Vieira had asked Fonda about her appearence in stage play The Vagina Monologues, which contains a section entitled “Cunt”. In her answer, the actress referred to the segment by name, and the rest is history.
Vieira offered a swift on-screen apology, saying: “You know, 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. It was a slip, and obviously she apologises, and so do we. We would do nothing to offend the audience, so please accept that apology.”
Fonda explained how she first heard of the work. She said: âI was asked to do a monologue called C***, and I said, âI donât think so. Iâve got enough problems. Then I came to New York to see Eve and it changed my lifeâ. â
“Today” moved quickly to silence the word and cover up Fonda’s face with a still photo when the show was aired in the Midwest, Mountain and West Coast feeds.
Today is broadcast live on the US East Coast and the word was not muted or bleeped. Moments later Meredith Vieira, the host, apologised to audiences. US broadcast standards and practices bar the use of the c-word. NBC called it âa slipâ.
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