Robert Redford and Jane Fonda were the most-loved on-screen couples in Hollywood. While Jane often referred Robert as ‘cold’ towards her, despite it, there was a time when she fell for him. However, Robert’s sudden passing at the age of 89, left her heartbroken. Within hours of his death, Jane shared an official statement, and expressed her pain.
Jane Fonda shared a statment on her best co-star, Robert Redford’s death
Jane Fonda released a statement after Robert Redford’s death. While the cause of death is not yet known, his fans family and friends are in deep pain. So is Jane, as she expressed how hard it hit that ‘Bob’ was gone. She stated that she has not been able to stop crying since reading the news. Jane confessed that Robert meant a lot to her, and he was a beautiful person. She even highlighted how Robert stood for America and kept fighting for it. She wrote:
“It hit me hard this morning when I read that Bob was gone. I can’t stop crying. He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful person in every way. He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for.”
When Jane Fonda claimed that she was ‘always’ in love with Robert Redford
Robert and Jane starred in four movies, including The Chase (1966), Barefoot in the Park (1967), The Electric Horseman (1979), and Our Souls at Night (2017). In an interview with The Guardian, Jane went on to say that she always loved Robert Redford. She claimed that they had done three films together, but nothing happened as they were both married then. Later, in 2023, she again confessed her love for Robert and said:
“I made four films with him, and for three, I was in love with him. Which meant I had a really good time.”
Earlier, in a candid interview, Jane, who is a two-time Oscar winner, revealed that working with Robert Redford wasn’t easy. Despite their great on-screen chemistry, Robert remained distant and cold towards her the moment the cameras stopped recording. For many years, Jane Fonda believed that she was the cause of Robert’s coldness towards her.
Jane once admitted that Robert had a problem with women. She stated that he is always in a bad mood and doesn’t like kissing. She thought it was her fault. Despite Robert being a good person, he has a problem with ladies. She was quoted as saying:
“He has a problem with women. He was always in a bad mood and didn’t like kissing. I used to think it was my fault, but I never brought it up with him. He’s a good person, he just has a problem with women.”
More about Jane Fonda and Robert Redford’s personal lives
For the unversed, Jane Fonda has been married three times. She was first married to French Filmmaker, Roger Vadim, in 1965, but parted ways in 1973. Jane then fell in love with a politician, Tom Hayden and got married to him in 1973. Then she went on to marry media mogul Ted Turner, whom she married in 1991. But they parted ways in 2001.
On the other hand, Robert Redford has been married twice. It was in the early 1970s when he got married to his first wife, Lola Van Wagenen. They had four children, Scott, Shauna, James and Amy Redfor. However, their elder son, Scott, passed away at the age of 2 months. His other child, James, passed away in 2020 due to cancer. In 2008, he got married for the second time to a twenty-year younger German Artist, Sibylle Szaggars.
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