It’s Time to Forgive “Hanoi Jane”

Her actions since have called attention to pressing social issues, as opposed to the need for a career boost.

If Jane Fonda was not a celebrity and she apologized for an egregious mistake she had made nearly 50 years ago, she likely would have been forgiven as a wayward adult of 34.

Though Jane Fonda is a celebrity who has apologized, repeatedly, for an egregious mistake she had made in her past, she is still held as a pariah by many.

She was wrong.

It’s time to move on.

Anyone who perceives a celebrity or public figure as a role model by virtue of being famous is dangerously foolish. Jane Fonda has time and again publicly exhibited her imperfections, and has long been an activist led by her heart first.

Certainly Fonda, a canny multi-millionaire at an early age from a showbiz family (her deceased father, Henry, is a veritable acting legend, and her late brother Peter had seen his share of success) has long traded her name for attention. Over the past 20 years, though, she has been semi-retired and a tad reclusive, largely until her regular co-starring role in 2015’s “Grace and Frankie” — still airing new episodes on Netflix — which has since become a surprise hit for the streamer.