Still in character? Jane Fonda claimed that Jennifer Lopez cut her face during the duo’s iconic slap scene in the 2005 film Monster-in-Law — and never apologized for it.“Well, OK, the thing that comes to mind right away is, we have a slapping scene,” the Grace and Frankie actress, 85, recalled while reflecting on the rom-com during the Thursday, March 23 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. “I slap her, she slaps me, I slap her.
Well, Jennifer — as per Jennifer — she had this enormous diamond ring. And so, when she slapped me one of the times, it cut open across my eye, my eyebrow.
You know, she’s never apologized.”In the film, Fonda plays a mother named Viola, who torments her future daughter-in-law — played by Lopez, 53 — in an attempt to break up Lopez’s character, Charlie, and her son (portrayed by Michael Vartan).In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesOne of the most memorable scenes in the flick is when Lopez and Fonda’s characters get into a physical altercation moments before the wedding.
After the pair repeatedly slap one another, Charlie apologizes for the outburst but Viola quips that she should “get some backbone” and never say that she’s sorry after hitting someone on purpose.While Lopez hasn’t reacted to Fonda’s current claims, she did give her side of the story back in 2019.
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