Jane Fonda is synonymous with aging gracefully. But the 80-year-old Hollywood icon is not entirely proud of her beauty decisions. Fonda opened up…
Jane Fonda is synonymous with aging gracefully. But the 80-year-old Hollywood icon is not entirely proud of her beauty decisions.
Fonda opened up about getting plastic surgery in a new HBO documentary about her life, » Jane Fonda in Five Acts,» which is available for streaming on Monday, September 24. She said that while she’s glad she «looks good for [her] age,» she won’t lie about getting work done, as reported by People.
«On one level, I hate the fact that I’ve had the need to alter myself physically to feel that I’m OK,» she says. «I wish I wasn’t like that. I love older faces. I love lived-in faces. I loved Vanessa Redgrave’s face.»
«I wish I was braver. But I am what I am.»
«Jane Fonda in Five Acts» was directed and produced by Susan Lacy. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
In the past, Fonda has admitted to getting rid of wrinkles and having work done on her jaw. The Oscar-winning actress and activist told Harper’s Bazaar in 2011 that she’s «vain» and particularly self-conscious about » loose flesh.»
«I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly,» she told the magazine. «He was a good man, and I was mad for him, but he sent messages to me that fathers should not send: Unless you look perfect, you’re not going to be loved.»
Fonda is well-known for launching a workout video empire and her fanatical love of pilates — but her obsessive workout habits often grew from her battle with body image .
Jane Fonda, in white, leads exercises during a benefit session in 1979 for the Equal Rights Amendment. Nick Ut/AP
She struggled with eating disorders anorexia and bulimia for about 30 years.
«I wasn’t very happy from, I would say, puberty to 50? It took me a long time,» she told Harper’s Bazaar. «It was in my 40s, and if you suffer from bulimia, the older you get, the worse it gets. It takes longer to recover from a bout. I had a career, I was winning awards, I was supporting nonprofits, I had a family. I had to make a choice: I live or I die.»
She told The Guardian in 2015 that she believes plastic surgery can easily become «an addiction,» especially for women who experienced trauma in the past.
«I wish I were brave enough to not do plastic surgery but I think I bought myself a decade,» she said.
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