Jane Fonda Says She Regrets Not Being ‘The Kind Of Mother’ She Wished She’d Been To Her Three Kids

Actress Jane Fonda She admitted that the greatest regret she has in her life isn’t being a better person. “the kind of mother” She said she wishes she had been with her three children and that she would have loved to be there. “didn’t know how to do it.”

The actress, 85 years old, made her recent appearance on stage with Chris Wallace CNNFonda stated that she is not afraid to die, but has a few regrets. One of them is being a bad parent to her daughters, Mary Williams and Vanessa Vadim.

“I’m not scared of dying,” The “Book Club” Star explained. “It’s an adventure. You know, I don’t want to go. I still have a lot to do. But … what I’m really scared of is getting to the end of life with a lot of regrets when there’s no time to do anything about it.”

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“I have very few regrets,” Fonda explained to the host. “I was not the kind of mother that I wish that I had been to my children. But I have great, great children, talented, smart. And I just didn’t know how to do it.”

The “80 For Brady” star She said that she has made it a point to do and over the years. “show up” Her children, after she learned later in life what it means to be a parent, will thank her. “supposed” To be,Good Morning America” noted.

“You know, I have an organization in Georgia [Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention] that deals with adolescents,” Fonda shared. “And I’ve studied parenting. I know what it’s supposed to be now. I didn’t know then. So I’m trying to show up now.”

Fonda’s 2017 comments were very similar to her 2017 ones. Speaking Brie Larson, actress as she explained “it’s never too late” To make up for not being better parents.

“I am trying to make up for what I didn’t know before,” Fonda shared the moment. “When I die, I want my family to be around me. I want them to love me and I have to earn that. I’m still working at it.”

Fonda was married to Roger Vadim (later French filmmaker), with whom she had Vanessa Vadim. She and her ex-husband Tom Hayden welcomed their son Troy Garity in 1973. Hayden was a late antiwar activist. Fonda adopted Mary Williams, her third child in the 1980s.