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

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

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

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.”

“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".

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.”