Jane Fonda apologized this week for using the C-word on live television, but said that complaints were “pretty silly.” During an interview with Today’s Meredith Vieira about her appearance in The Vagina Monologues, the 70-year-old actress said she was initially reluctant to take the part. “I live in Georgia. I was asked to do a monologue called ‘C---,’ and I said, ‘I don’t think so, I’ve got enough problems.’” After NBC asked her to issue an apology, Fonda said, “I didn’t mean to offend anybody. What’s the big deal?”
Robert Irwin, the 4-year-old son of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, was bitten by a baby boa constrictor, his mother said this week. “He was so proud to have his first hit,” said Terri Irwin. “He said, ‘I hope it wasn’t venomous,’ so I assured Robert I wouldn’t actually let him play with venomous snakes.” Robert Irwin first made news at 1 month old, when his father was filmed holding him while tossing food to a lunging crocodile.
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