Jane Fonda debuts arresting new G-CAPP fundraiser
Jane Fonda models the latest fund-raiser for G-CAPP Photo: JaneFonda.com
Poncey-Highland actress-activist Jane Fonda has transformed a 1970 police mugshot into the latest fund-raising vehicle for her Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention non-profit here.
In November 1970, the anti-Vietnam war protester was briefly jailed in Cleveland on drug smuggling charges after airport officials found what later turned out to be vitamins in her baggage.
Now, Fonda’s fist-pumping, “Klute”-cut visage is adorning clutches, totes and T-shirts on her Web site with proceeds going to fund G-CAPP’s many state-wide programs here as the non-profit once again confronts spiking teen pregnancy rates in Fonda’s adopted state.
On her blog, Fonda tells fans: ”I see it as a way to turn what was an awful incident (I was unjustly accused of drug smuggling and put in jail as a way for the Nixon administration to slander me) into a beneficial one.”
mugshot clutch bag
As the author entertains guests from Atlanta at her New Mexico ranch this week while working on her new book about aging, she’s also dishing about her recovery from knee replacement (she’s now walking without a limp).
Oh, and a new unexpected romance with veteran record producer Richard Perry (the pair, who first met decades ago, was reintroduced this summer by mutual friend Carrie Fisher). Fonda decided to go into detail about the new relationship after she and Perry were caught by TMZ’s ever-present cameras smooching in the parking lot of a trendy Los Angeles night spot.
Cracked Fonda on her blog titled “PDA (Public Display of Affection)”: ”Hey, I’m from Atlanta and not used to cameras in every hot spot parking lot outting me. I’ll try to be more careful in the future.”
While in Los Angeles, Fonda was also invited to an A-lister listening party for Whitney Houston’s new album. The singer herself surprised Fonda when she called her to the stage during the soiree to give her a hug. Explains Fonda: “Maybe it’s the Atlanta connection. Who knows. But I was surprised and honored.”
Record producer Richard Perry and Fonda
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Jim Warren
August 12th, 2009
1:41 pm
Jane, you look great in your pic with Richard! Hurry home to Atlanta. No nosy photogs here.
cowo
August 12th, 2009
2:24 pm
Ignorant Mark needs to be educated! Love her! And all the great things she does for Georgia!
Steve
August 12th, 2009
2:35 pm
WOW!!! She looks awesome for someone who is 70 years old. I wonder if she’s had any “work” done?
Jon
August 12th, 2009
2:41 pm
Her boyfriend looks like a wax figure in that picture…stay out of the tanning bed.
Kar
August 12th, 2009
2:42 pm
At first I thought that was her brother with her on the couch. Hope he really doesn’t look like Peter Fonda in real person.
gagirl
August 12th, 2009
2:44 pm
Jane kicks ASS! ^^^Steve, she used to have implants and has reportedly had work done to remove the bags under her eyes. She has since sworn off plastic surgery and decided to grow old gracefully which I think she has done.
Glenn
August 12th, 2009
2:44 pm
too bad it never ended with her behind bars. While she is doing things for a good cause now, she has yet to make up for her treasonous actions.
sandy
August 12th, 2009
2:51 pm
I agree with Glenn, her actions when she went to a VietNam war camp are unforgivable.
Gray
August 12th, 2009
2:53 pm
Atlanta loves you Jane. Love the shirt…what a great way to raise money for a wonderful cause. You always have a home here in Atlanta!!!
M Anthony
August 12th, 2009
2:58 pm
Well Glenn there has been a lot of people during those times and since who have committed a lot more serious actions against people in this country and abroad all in the name of democracy than what Jane did. At least she did not hide what she was doing. And I have a DD214.
CKM
August 12th, 2009
3:01 pm
She does look great! However, I agree with Jon. My initial impression of her significant other was….hhmmmm. A little stiff-looking. Sorry Jane, no offense.
wae
August 12th, 2009
3:02 pm
Forgive, even if you cannot forget, the good she has done should be acknowledged.
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Fakery
August 12th, 2009
3:14 pm
Hey Jane,
Nice icky waxman.
Let’s go tan at Ansley Beach.
Yuck. Let’s call him Rat Ballou.
DCB
August 12th, 2009
3:18 pm
Unbelievable – anti-our troops and administration first, and now touting it as a way to make a buck. No question the cause is a good one. But I can’t believe the ends here justify the means nor the other members of the board of this organization agreed to this fund-raising promo. Hey people, where have your memories and allegiances gone? And yes, I, too, feel her actions then were unforgiveable and on a par with Nixon’s. Come back to Atlanta because everyone loves you?????? Whoever said that has his or her head stuck where the sun doesn’t shine.
gatorman770
August 12th, 2009
3:45 pm
Jane should have been tried for treason 38 years ago and still serving time at Ft. Leavenworth.
Jimmy Carter has done some good with Habitat for Humanity, but half the economic and national security problems we’re experiencing today goes back to his 4 years as President (Community Reinvestment Act, dropping American support for the Shah of Iran, etc.)and his help with North Korea, Lebanon and Venezuela. Jimmy should have stuck to growing peanuts and building houses.
Dave in Marietta
August 12th, 2009
3:47 pm
Glenn if she really and truly did something treasonous she would have been locked up decades ago. God knows time proved her right about that awful war.
GameTime
August 12th, 2009
3:48 pm
I’m an Atlantan — and I don’t love the liberal minded traitor who betrayed our servicemen. So don’t speak for me you bleeding hearts with short memories!!
gagirl
August 12th, 2009
3:51 pm
You people who are saying she should not be forgiven after nearly 40 years are probably in need of some compassion yourselves. I’d hate to be so miserable that I would stand in judgement of someone after 40 years. Pretty sad.
Katlyn
August 12th, 2009
3:54 pm
Good for you Jane! Love her. ~ But why, why do STUPID men feel it necessary to post if they would or wouldn’t ‘do’ a woman in a news story? Only a moron would think anyone cares & no one does.
rlp-politcal
August 12th, 2009
3:57 pm
White folks….
Obama Health Care Consultant
August 12th, 2009
4:25 pm
Another wonderful example of Liberal Senior Citizens that will love my future Health Care Plan. How many Senior Citizen Corporate Suck up Republicans have you seen at Town Hall meeting that look that good?
Devildog
August 12th, 2009
4:50 pm
You’re still a traitor and collaborator.
Sgt. Steele
August 12th, 2009
5:01 pm
gagirl – We will never forget/forgive the woman that consorted with the enemy and was photographed playing the role of an enemy gunner. Only in America could she have gotten away with it. Have you seen any North Koreans touring America lately happily pretending to shoot the soldiers of the homeland? No, you haven’t. Guys I went to high school with died in those jungles half a world away from home. Whether the Viet Nam war was just or not is still a matter of opinion. But standing up and supporting your nation is a just and honorable act. One that a good number of men and women are willing to still do today. I have a great deal of respect for those men and women. They deserve to be honored for their service. I’ll no more forget Jane Fonda’s actions than I’ll forget standing in front of the Wall in D.C. reading my friends names on a Summer afternoon.
ant banks
August 12th, 2009
5:20 pm
Hanoi Jane!!
Her actions surely contributed to the loss of American lives durin’ the Vietnam war and you all make her a hero??
Mike Vick kills 8 dogs, albeit wrong, and he serves 2yrs in jail.
America the beutiful!! “…with liberty and justice for all.”
lil birdie
August 12th, 2009
5:32 pm
I hope TMZ never sets up shop here! We have our bloggers and photogs which are bad enough, but it’s NOTHING compared to LA – YIKES~!
Julia
August 12th, 2009
8:29 pm
I have always loved you Jane!
Mary
August 12th, 2009
8:44 pm
She is worthless.
ol Guy
August 12th, 2009
8:58 pm
The term is DISSES not dishes, Eldredge. Geez, write like an adult. And no matter how many facelifts she has, she’s still Hanoi Jane to me.
Native Atlantan
August 12th, 2009
9:02 pm
Jane you are not from Atlanta you are from Hanoi
Debdoes
August 12th, 2009
10:17 pm
Jane, we love you in the ATL…..ignore the wack jobs that are writing their Nam comments in this blog. You guys look very happy.
Kevin
August 12th, 2009
10:53 pm
Ya why not a picture of her on the AA guy shooting at American Airman for the shirts? Anything will sell in this town from what I read here. Traitor, how about pictures of the airmen that didn’t comeback instead?
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1958 Thunder
August 13th, 2009
7:21 am
She still need to apology in the 60’s during the Vietnam era, to our Country and to our Men and women that serve our Country in those hard times, for being a TRADER to our Boys in the P.O.W. Camp in Vietnam…We will and Them never FOrGET what she have do to them …..A Trader always——THUNDER
1958 Thunder
August 13th, 2009
7:51 am
I’m sorry for the miss spelled word Trader-It sure be TRAITOR–TRAITOR–Sorry to those who serve our Country in Vietnam for miss spelling the word My Salute to them all Brave Men and Women,, that went thur HELL for our Freedom…And pay a HEAVY Prices…Jane its Time for you to Women Up to our Country….Do the right thing… you still leave a Bad Mark on them…
Rich
August 13th, 2009
7:59 am
If Jesus can forgive you for EVERY LITTLE THING you’ve done wrong in your life, why can’t you forgive others?
File13
August 13th, 2009
8:02 am
Hanoi Jane! Anything to get attention!
big d
August 13th, 2009
8:02 am
she was a traitor then she’s a traitor now
Bee Tween
August 13th, 2009
8:17 am
How humiliating and embarrassing to read such ignorant comments filled with hate and misspelled words. Hope people reading don’t think you blowhards represent true Atlantans!
Rich
August 13th, 2009
8:18 am
What more can she say, what more can she do? Are you going to the grave as an unforgiving soul and if so, can you truly justify it to the Man who gave all (Matthew 18:21-35)?…”I would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who I hurt, or whose pain I caused to deepen because of things that I said or did. I was trying to help end the killing and the war, but there were times when I was thoughtless and careless about it and I’m very sorry that I hurt them. And I want to apologize to them and their families. [...] I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft gun, which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes. It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanized such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless…”
al franken & joe biden
August 13th, 2009
8:43 am
Rich, regarding your comments…quit “gushing” over this old hag.
No forgiveness for what she did in Vietnam…
Not a fan
August 13th, 2009
9:03 am
While she touted her videos on exercise, she now says she was bulimic. She has plastic surgery done, but now swears off. What kind of a role model is she for women? Never mind her stance on Vietnam. She’s a self-promoter, pure and simple.
dinner
August 13th, 2009
10:25 am
have always been proud to say I was a True Born Atlantan but now Jane has spoiled that!
Tughral
August 13th, 2009
10:47 am
It’s funny when people dont try to forget the past and focus mostly on the good side. This world would be a much better place, unless positive attitudes are not created, until then stress, anxiety & unhappiness will prevail. Choice is yours folks..
RNB
August 13th, 2009
12:01 pm
Could I get a t-shirt printed with that photo of Jane sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun? Tres chic!
Mike Nelson
August 13th, 2009
3:06 pm
Our losing in Vietnam, aided by this communist traitor resulted in thousand of Vietnamese people to either die or be re-educated. After this the killing fields, where 100’s of thousands died after being invaded by the North Vietnamese, can be laid to her actions. She will have to answer for these deaths when she arrives in hell-oh-my-God I hope she burns forever. THen I will forgive her, oh yeah I will, when hell-o freezes over.
Mike Nelson
August 13th, 2009
3:26 pm
For the bleeding heart lberals on this page. You will never understand COUNTRY-CORP-FAMILY or ethics and honor. I can only feel sorry for your lack of these things and I know you will never have a good word to say about anyone who lives by thses standards.
Gunny
August 13th, 2009
4:59 pm
You would look better posed in a north Vietnamese anti aircraft gun emplacement .You are a traitor to your country and Veterans will never forgive you
Imani
August 13th, 2009
7:41 pm
For all of u venting against Jane, when you should be venting against the administrations of that time that begun that phony war (http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/vietnamwar/a/VietnamOrigins_2.htm). There were many dissenters at that time, some of who got amnesty, esp the conscientious objectors. I even had 2 brothers there @ the same time, which was supposed to be a no-no. How many of you did stupid things in your younger years that you were forgiven for later…”there go I but for the grace of God!” STOP with all the “holier than thou” comments! Jane is no more responsible for the soldiers’ deaths in Vietnam than you are! Too bad we can’t go back to reveal the skeletons in your closets that you pray others won’t find out about! Stupid mistakes…we’ve all made, should we be crucified for them…hell NO!!! And to think Christ died on the cross for our sins, including people with such an unforgiving mindset. Hey Janet, not to worry, think about what Christ endured, and his only sin was preaching Love, justice & mercy, yet people with this kind of mindset wanted to crucify (and did) him as well! “Be not weary of well doing…”
Larry
August 30th, 2009
8:43 pm
Jane,
I wonder how all the parents of the boys that never returned from vietnam feel now, think they are ready to forgive you. Sure it’s been 40 years, but that sight of you is not something that will go away soon. May God help you when you burn in hell for your sins agaist all those brave American kids.