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Jane Fonda says 'C-word' on 'Today'

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Actress Jane Fonda arrives on the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival in Rome on October 22, 2007. Fonda is in Rome to speak at a meeting focused on actresses of the 1970s. (UPI Photo/David Silpa)
Actress Jane Fonda arrives on the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival in Rome on October 22, 2007. Fonda is in Rome to speak at a meeting focused on actresses of the 1970s. (UPI Photo/David Silpa) 
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Published: Feb. 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM

NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- "Today" co-host Meredith Vieira apologized on-air for a coarse word used by her guest -- Hollywood screen icon and activist Jane Fonda.

Fonda, 70, said the C-word Thursday when she appeared on the show with playwright Eve Ensler to discuss Ensler's famous work "The Vagina Monologues" and the 10th anniversary of V-Day, an initiative Ensler started to stop violence against females around the globe, People.com said.

The comment came after Vieira asked Fonda why she initially wasn't a fan of Ensler's show.

"It wasn't that I wasn't a big fan. I hadn't seen the play. I live in Georgia," Fonda said. "I was asked to do a monologue called 'C---.' And I said, 'I don't think so; I've got enough problems. And then I came to New York to see Eve and it changed my life."

"We were talking about 'The Vagina Monologues' and Jane Fonda inadvertently said a word from the play that you don't say on television," People.com reported Vieira said after a news break on the morning chat show. "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."

Topics: Eve Ensler, Jane Fonda, Meredith Vieira
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