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Jane Fonda says Jennifer Lopez 'never apologised' for cutting her face

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Published 12:04 29 Mar 2023 GMT+1

Jane Fonda says Jennifer Lopez 'never apologised' for cutting her face

The ferocity of the slap allegedly broke Fonda's skin during filming for rom-com Monster-In-Law

Rebecca Tidy

Rebecca Tidy

Things didn’t always go according to plan when Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda starred in the 2005 rom-com Monster-in-Law.

Hollywood-legend Fonda still hasn’t forgotten what happened during filming the now-infamous slap scene. Take a look at how the fight scene played out:

Fonda played a nightmare mother-in-law called Viola in the movie. The older woman fell out with her precious son’s wife-to-be Charlie, played by Lopez.

Charlie hit Viola in a dramatic wedding day showdown that shocked viewers.

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But the slap went wrong in real-life as J.Lo's big, fancy ring unexpectedly cut Fonda's eyebrow.

The Oscar-winning octogenarian appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show last week to promote her new film with Lily Tomlin, Moving On.

Barrymore had asked Fonda what she thought about the noughties movie. The much-loved superstar unexpectedly opened up to the TV programme's host and revealed, "The thing that comes to mind right away [for Monster-in-Law] is we have a slapping scene. I slap her, she slaps me."

Fonda cast her mind back to the painful incident and with a not-so-subtle dig said, “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.”

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The octogenarian was promoting her new film.
The Drew Barrymore Show

“She’s never apologised,” Fonda claimed after a bit of a pause.

Ironically, J. Lo's alleged lack of apology mirrors Monster-In-Law character Viola's unsolicited advice that you should never 'go and slap somebody and then apologise'.

In the hit movie, a visibly-upset Charlie swiftly apologises to Viola for physically harming her. Yet the ferocious mother-in-law immediately hits back and tells her to "get some backbone".

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This surprise story, from Fonda, contradicts Lopez’s personal recollection of the events. A 2019 interview shows a remorseful-looking Lopez saying she was 'mortified' by the mishap and definitely apologised to her older co-star.

“She really, really went for it and so did I. And then I punched her in the eye by mistake,” Lopez said while rewatching the clip.

Lopez recounted the unpleasant aftermath of the movie scene and explained, “I just remember afterward Jane had a blood blister right at the top of her eye. My nail, like, went up into her eye.”

Featured Image Credit: The Drew Barrymore Show Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: TV And Film, Celebrity

Rebecca Tidy
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