Amid Emotional Reactions To Barbra Streisand’s Oscars Tribute To Robert Redford, Jane Fonda Playfully Questioned Why She Wasn’t The One On Stage Honoring Him Instead

The “In Memoriam” conception astatine this year’s Oscars, which took spot connected Sunday night, paid tribute to respective celebrities who sadly died implicit the past year.

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Billy Crystal started the conception with a tribute to Rob Reiner, who was tragically stabbed to death successful December. His wife, Michele Singer Reiner, was besides recovered dormant with stab wounds astatine the couple’s Los Angeles home.

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Rachel McAdams honored legends Diane Keaton, who died successful October, and Catherine O’Hara, who died earlier this year, successful January.

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And Barbra Streisand took to the stage to grant Robert Redford, who died past September.

Barbra and Robert starred unneurotic successful the 1973 movie The Way We Were. Speaking candidly successful her tribute, Barbra said of Robert, “He was a brilliant, subtle actor. And we had a fantastic clip playing disconnected each different due to the fact that we ne'er rather knew what the different 1 was going to bash successful a scene.”

Barbra went connected to praise Robert’s governmental courage, stating, “He had a existent backbone connected and disconnected the screen. He spoke up to support the state of the press, support the environment, and promote caller voices astatine his Sundance Institute, immoderate of whom are up for Oscars tonight.”

“He was thoughtful and bold. I called him an intelligence cowboy, who blazed his ain trail,” she said, adding that she misses him “now much than ever.”

Elsewhere successful her tribute, Barbra sang a abbreviated snippet of the rubric opus from The Way We Were, leaving several viewers astatine location successful tears.

But amid each the affectional reactions to Barbra's speech, histrion Jane Fonda has present playfully questioned wherefore she wasn’t the 1 connected signifier honoring Robert instead.

During a chat with Entertainment Tonight aft the ceremony, Jane was asked to stock her thoughts connected the “In Memoriam” conception — and specifically connected the tribute towards her Book Club costar Diane.

“Oh, I didn’t spot that! But ohio God, her passing truly deed maine hard,” she said, adding, “We mislaid a batch of talented people.”

The newsman past continued with the interview, proceeding to ask, "Tell maine a concealed about—" However, Jane interjected and quipped, "I wanna cognize however travel Streisand was up determination doing that for Redford?"

"She lone made 1 movie with him; I made four!" she said, adding with a playful smile, "I person much to say!"

The newsman replied, “Say it now. What bash you retrieve astir astir moving with Robert Redford?” to which Jane replied, “I was ever successful emotion with him. The astir gorgeous quality being and specified large values. And helium did a batch for movies, helium truly changed movies, lifted up autarkic movies.”

Reacting to Jane’s comments, which person since gone viral connected societal media, immoderate radical felt that she was being “a interaction petty.” “I bash unrecorded for messy aged Hollywood,” idiosyncratic wrote connected Reddit, portion a TikTok idiosyncratic said, “That sounded a interaction petty.”

“you cognize she was conscionable waiting to accidental that,” idiosyncratic tweeted.

And portion galore radical felt that Jane was innocently joking around, 1 instrumentality suggested, “she's passing it disconnected arsenic a gag but she's right,” portion different wrote, “she's laughing but she is not joking lmaooo.”