NEW YORK — Jane Fonda doesn't understand what all the commotion is about just because she let slip the "c-word" on Thursday's "Today" show.
"The first time that I knew about The Vagina Monologues, I was asked to perform that particular monologue in Atlanta, and so I just happened to say the name of it," Fonda explained to Usmagazine.com in New York City last night, where she was attending V-Day's 10th Anniversary Party.
"I didn't even think," Fonda added to Us. "I'm sorry if I offended anybody ... I think it's pretty silly."
The slip occurred on the NBC morning show while the 70-year-old Fonda was discussing the 15th anniversary of The Vagina Monologues with host Meredith Vieira.
The word, a taboo expression for the female anatomy, was later removed from the Midwest and West Coast broadcasts of the program, and Vieira also issued an apology.
"We were talking about The Vagina Monologues and Jane Fonda inadvertently said a word from the play that you don't say on television," she said. "It was a slip and obviously she apologizes, and so do we. We would do nothing to offend the audience. So please accept that apology."
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