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Jane Fonda said "Cunt" on the Today show this morning.
Watch it here.
It's not as shocking as it sounds, really. It's not like she called Meredith a cunt. (HA! Now THAT would have been worth tuning in for!) The interview was about "The Vagina Monologues" and Jane was referring to one of the monologues, the title of which is "Cunt."
I'm not a fan of the word myself - not because it's a "dirty" word, because you know I'm actually quite a prolific curser. I just don't like words that are meant to be derrogatory based on a person's sex or race. This word is meant to demean and belittle, in the most vicious way possible, like the n- and f-words (not the 4-letter one; the one that got Isaiah Washington fired). But I'm pretty sure that's the point of the play. So if you're going to do an interview about vaginas, you really can't be too upset about the use of the c-word, can you?
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I heard that she had said that and, at first I thought it was a whole "Natalie Cole" esque PR stunt. The more I thought about it, I figured it was a slip, especially when it is one of the monologues, I figured she should get a pass. When you explain it like this, part of me wants to send this post to the gossip sites and say "It's not a big deal - get over it". Then again, like you said before, those sites can be toxic.
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