Jane Fonda Has the Perfect Explanation for Not Wanting to Get Married Again
Jane Fonda has fallen in love on more than one occasion in her life, but after hitting her 80s, she’s decided to give up on romantic relationships and just focus on herself.
During a recent interview, the Grace and Frankie star opened up about her love life, sharing that though she’s been married three times before, she’s not interested in walking down the aisle again — and her reasoning actually makes a ton of sense.
Jane Fonda hasn’t achieved a successful marriage
Fonda is happily unmarried and plans to keep it that way for the rest of her life.
While speaking with Page Six ahead of the 2021 Golden Globes, the actor was asked what she has left to achieve, which she replied to by sharing her thoughts about her love life.
“I’ll tell you something that I haven’t achieved, which is a successful marriage,” she said.
Though she has yet to achieve a successful union, Fonda revealed that she isn’t interested in getting married again, noting that she’s content living for herself.
“See I live by myself,” she continued. “I don’t have any guy who doesn’t want a woman who is willing to be angry and who doesn’t want a woman who is willing to be angry and stand up. I’m not threatening anybody. I can watch whatever I want on TV. So I don’t ever want to be married again. But it’s something I wish I’d been better at.”
Jane Fonda says she ‘didn’t know how to make a marriage work’
Like many famous celebrities, Fonda has had her share of relationships come and go over the years.
The Monster-in-Law star was first married to French director Roger Vadim from 1965 to 1973. She then tied the knot with politician Tom Hayden in 1973 and was married to him for a little over 17 years before they divorced in 1990. Fonda was then married to CNN founder Ted Turner from 1991 to 2001.
After her third divorce, Fonda never married again.
While speaking with Page Six, the actor revealed her reasoning for why none of her marriages were successful, sharing that she “didn’t know how to make a marriage work” because she never had “parents who stayed married their whole lives.”
“Maybe I was afraid of having a marriage work. I don’t know … It’s beautiful when it works, when people grow together and are together for an entire lifetime,” she told the outlet. “How wonderful. I wish that I could have experienced that.”
Fonda says that she didn’t “spend a lot of time regretting the fact” that she never had a long marriage. Instead, she’s “grateful” she had “three very nice, interesting” unions.
Finding another husband is the last thing on Jane Fonda’s mind
Though she’s dated men in recent years, Fonda has since given up on settling down as she’s taken herself off the dating market for good.
“I’m not dating anymore, but I did up until a couple of years ago,” she told Extra in 2018. “I’m 80. I’ve closed up shop down there.”
Since splitting up from record producer Richard Perry in 2017, Fonda has been enjoying the unmarried lifestyle. In fact, she recently revealed why she loves being single at 83.
“I don’t have a husband or a lover, so I can kind of do whatever I want,” she told Self magazine in February 2021.
“I have my dog. That’s important. And I’ve never minded being alone,” she continued. “I do not get lonely. I read a lot. I write a lot. I’m active on social media… So I like being alone.”
