Jane Fonda revealed the heroic yet harrowing moment a wild bear threatened the safety of her grandson and she fought back, because of course she did – she’s Jane Fonda.
Jane Fonda fought wild bear away from baby grandson’s crib in terrifying encounter
The Book Club icon, 87 confirmed the scary encounter during Netflix’s podcast Skip Intro alongside her son, actor Troy O’Donovan Garity. And when Troy, 51, was asked to share something people don’t already know about his movie star mum, he opted for a pretty wild story.
‘She pushed a bear out of her bedroom,’ the actor, whom Jane welcomed with late ex-husband Tom Hayden, told podcast host Krista Smith.
Which led to Jane to nod enthusiastically confirming the claim.
At the time, Jane was in New Mexico, and ‘looking after her grandson.’ The two-time Oscar winner has two grandchildren, Malcolm and Viva Vadim.
Troy continued: ‘She heard something so she left the bedroom in the middle of the night to go see what the sound was. And when she came back in, the screen door was dismantled and there was a bear in the bedroom, sniffing over the crib.’
Podcast presenter Krista who was at the edge of her seat (naturally) turned to Jane and asked: ‘What did you do?’ to which Jane yelled: ‘Roar!’
The Hollywood heavyweight later explained that, at the time of the incident, she ‘had just learned what to do if you’re close to a bear,’ thanks to some recent training.
‘And that was it. And get very big; I opened my bathrobe,’ she said,ultimately scaring the bear away, and saving her then-infant grandson Malcolm, now 25.
Speaking about what happened next, Jane joked: ‘And then [it] walked back to the door and sat down and I did, I pushed it out, yeah.’
It could only be Jane Fonda!
Jane is known for not being afraid to stand up for what’s right!
Jane’s bravery hasn’t gone unnoticed in Hollywood either as she recently went viral at this year’s SAG Awards for her moving speech.
The Monster In Law accepted the lifetime achievement award and used her platform to stress the importance of empathy during this politically and socially tumultuous time.
In her blinding speech, the actress-activist also reminded everyone that the correct meaning of woke – which has become a loaded word – is caring about others
‘Make no mistake,’ Jane fired off at the Shrine Auditorium in LA. ‘Empathy is not weak or woke – and by the way, woke just means you give a damn about other people.’
Referring to Trump’s second term as US president, the Klute star said ‘many will be ‘really hurt’ by his actions but urged everyone to be empathetic to those with different political views.
Jane said: ‘A whole lot of people are gonna be really hurt by what is happening; what is coming our way. And even if they are of a different political persuasion, we need to call upon our empathy and not judge, but listen from our hearts, and welcome them into our tent. Because we are gonna need a big tent to resist successfully what’s coming at us.’
She continued: ‘We must not isolate. We must stay in community. We must help the vulnerable. We must find ways to project an inspiring vision of the future – one that is beckoning, welcoming, that will help people believe that, to quote the novelist Pearl Cleage, “On the other side of the conflagration, there will still be love. There will still be beauty, and there will be an ocean of truth for us to swim in.” Let’s make it so.’
