LOS ANGELES — Jane Fonda wants to make it clear that she loved "The Way We Were" star Barbra Streisand's Oscar tribute to Robert Redford.
Streisand emotionally sang the 1973 drama's title song, "The Way We Were," during the March Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment for Redford, who died Sept. 16 at age 89. After the ceremony, Fonda said during a red carpet interview that she should have been on the Oscars stage, having starred in four movies with Redford, compared to Streisand's one movie.
But Fonda was simply joking, the actress and activist said while kicking off the opening night of the TCM Classic Film Festival on April 30.
Jane Fonda: Thinks she should have done Oscars Robert Redford tribute
"By the way, Barbra came on the Oscars thing to honor Bob. I was on the press line, and I thought I was being funny," Fonda said, minutes after settling into her seat on the TCM stage. "I said, 'Why did they ask (Streisand)? I made four movies with him.' But actually, I thought it was fabulous that they had Barbra out there, because that was such an iconic movie and the song was so incredibly beautiful."
