Jane Fonda Blasts Barbra Streisand Over Robert Redford Oscars Tribute
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Again in September of 2025, Robert Redford handed away on the age of 89.
And as anticipated, he was prominently in the “In Memoriam” phase of Sunday evening’s Academy Awards.
However whereas most viewers had nothing however reward for the tribute — throughout which Barbra Streisand crooned a couple of bars from the title music of her and Redford’s 1973 movie The Method We Have been — a 3rd Hollywood legend is crying foul.
Jane Fonda starred with Redford in 4 movies: The Chase, Barefoot within the Park, The Electrical Horseman, and Our Souls at Evening.
And she or he’s brazenly miffed about the truth that the Academy invited Streisand to pay tribute to Redford, although the 2 of them solely made one movie collectively.
“I wanna understand how come Streisand was up there doing that for Redford?” Fonda mentioned on the Self-importance Honest after social gathering (through Parade journal). “She solely made one film with him. I made 4. I’ve extra to say.”
“I used to be all the time in love with him,” Fonda continued, including:
“Probably the most beautiful human being and such nice values and he did loads for motion pictures. He actually modified motion pictures, lifted up unbiased motion pictures.”
“I miss him now greater than ever, even how he beloved teasing me. He’d name me, ‘Babs.’ And I’d say, ‘Bob, you already know, do I appear like a Babs?’ However the way in which he mentioned it made me giggle,” Streisand mentioned on stage on the Oscars, including:
“A few years later, we have been chatting on the telephone concerning the ordinary, politics, artwork, [Amedeo] Modigliani—our favourite. And as we have been hanging up, he mentioned, ‘Babs, I like you dearly, and I all the time will.’”
Evidently, it was a shifting tribute. However clearly, Fonda felt that it could have meant extra coming from a frequent collaborator of Redford’s — reminiscent of herself.
She did pen a tribute that appeared on social media and in quite a few information articles within the wake of Redford’s passing.
“It hit me onerous this morning after I learn that Bob was gone. I can’t cease crying. He meant loads to me and was a wonderful particular person in each method,” she wrote on the time.
Fonda concluded her tribute by acknowledging the political contributions of her fellow activist:
“He stood for an America we’ve got to maintain preventing for,” she wrote.
We might by no means know why Jane Fonda was not invited to pay tribute to her pricey buddy. However no less than followers will all the time have the ability to revisit the movies they made collectively.
