NBC Felt It Necessary To Apologize For Jane Fonda's Slip
 Friday, February 15th, 2008

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NBC's Meredith Viera had to apologize for Jane Fonda's behavior yesterday after Fonda said the a word that's not safe for daytime TV audiences:  c*nt.  Except that she was saying it in reference to a monologue title she was given that she refused, and her point was that she was turned off by it.  But that matters little to NBC, who just moments later had Viera apologizing on behalf of Fonda and NBC for the word that aired all over the East Coast live.

Fonda, Eve Ensler (playwright to "The Vagina Monologues"), and Viera were discussing Fonda being the hit off-Broadway series.  With a segment focused on a play where the women talk openly about their genitalia, how is anyone surprised here?  The entire interview was about "The Vagina Monologues," and they had "The V Word" and "Vagina Monologues" right there on the bottom of the screen the entire time.  I think anyone who showed up or tuned in was forewarned.

"I was asked to do a monologue called 'Cunt,' and I said, 'I don't think so.  I've got enough problems,'" Jane Fonda said.  "Then I came to New York to see Eve and it changed my life."

It didn't even look like it registered on Viera's face in the first place, but not long after, Meredith said (probably via her IFB), "Jane Fonda inadvertently said a word from the play that you don't say on television.  It was a slip and obviously she apologizes and so do we.

"We would do nothing to offend the audience, so please accept that apology."

No prob, Meredith - we weren't offended in the first place.  Well, to be honest, we didn't watch it in the first place, until it hit the net (MSNBC hasn't answered our boycott petition yet).  But, still, we weren't offended at the replay.

Watch the video clip:

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