Jane Fonda is happy to let aging take its course. In a new interview with Vogue, the 84-year-old gets candid about having had cosmetic surgery done, and why she’s not exactly proud of it. READ MORE: Jane Fonda Reveals Her Sex Life ‘Got Better’ With Age, Gives Andy Cohen Parenting Advice “I want young people to stop being afraid about getting older,” she says. “What matters isn’t age, isn’t that chronological number.
What matters is your health. She continues, “My dad died six years younger than I am now. He seemed so old because he was ill.
He had a heart disease. I’m not ill. So I’m almost 85, but I don’t seem that old. So getting young people to stop being afraid of being old, helping people realize that just because you’re a certain age doesn’t mean you have to give up on life, give up on having fun, give up on having boyfriends or girlfriends, making new friends, or whatever you want to do.
It’s still in the realm of life possibilities for you.” Fonda also says that her show “Grace and Frankie” has been a big boon for the representation of older women and aging. “I think that Grace and Frankie gives people, especially women, a lot of hope,” she explains. “That’s why I always tell people what my age is because I want them to realize it.” She adds, “Now as those words are coming out of my mouth, what I’m thinking with the second part of my brain is, Yeah, Fonda.
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