A year ago, thehollywoodgossip.com listed 15 celebrities who have been sexually assaulted, including Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga and Ashley Judd.
Here comes No. 16 — Jane Fonda.
“I’ve been raped, I’ve been sexually abused as a child and I’ve been fired because I wouldn’t sleep with my boss,” Fonda told Brie Larson for The EDIT. “I always thought it was my fault; that I didn’t do or say the right thing.”
She recalled her earlier revelation — in an episode of “Oprah’s Master Class” — that her mother had been raped.
Actor, director and singer Larson — at 27 young enough to be Fonda’s grandchild — shared her own philosophy during a wide-ranging interview.
“I’ve learned the only power I have in my career is the word no,’ Larson said. ‘I couldn’t choose the jobs I got, but I could say no to jobs that weren’t right for me.’:
Fonda, 79, replied that it took her nearly “60 years to learn to say no.”
“If anyone offered me anything I would say yes. I took parts I wasn’t right for and I was taken advantage of,” Fonda said. “I didn’t know how to stand up for myself. Now, I would say, ‘No. This is a piece of s—. I don’t like the way you’re treating me,” and leave. If only I had known then what I do now.”