<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>A little too Fonda
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</TD></TR><TR><TD>By SHERRYL CONNELL
DAILY NEWS BOOK EDITOR
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</TD></TR><TR><TD>[size=-1]Jane Fonda appeared to value being discreet more in 'Barbarella' (1968), above, than she does in her new memoir. [/size]</TD></TR><TR><TD width=10 height=10><!-- /images/shim.gif --></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- Component: NYDailyNews : component/story/picture.comp -->Jane Fonda is fairly open in her memoir, "My Life So Far," about the infidelities in her marriages to Roger Vadim, Tom Hayden and Ted Turner, as well as her bulimia and addiction to Dexedrine.
But she's also indiscreet.
Perhaps it's because Fonda's tone is so very earnest that it comes as a shock when she gets a little too down, a little too dirty.
Here then are 10 things you probably didn't want to know about Jane.
1. The value of hard work: "I had been trying (sequentially) to lose my virginity for at least a year and a half with three different boyfriends, but it hadn't worked in the total-penetration sense - almost, but not quite."
2. Great expectations: "[Vadim] took me back to my hotel room and we began to make out passionately on the couch, but when we finally made it to the bed he was no longer aroused...The situation went on for three weeks..."
3. Method acting: "I took my cues from [Vadim] and threw myself into the threesome with the skill and enthusiasm of the actress that I am. If this is what he wanted, this was what I would give him - in spades."
4. The wrong Vadim: "I told Vadim I thought we should adjourn to our room [on their wedding night]. But Vadim disappeared into the casino and I ended up sharing a bed with his mother."
5. Double the pleasure: "The act of purging is somewhat orgasmic."
6. Hey, big spender: "Wow," he [Ted Turner] said in a husky voice, devouring me like so much eye candy with an unabashed lust so palpable that I could feel it on my skin."
7. Oh, that boy!: "In fact, nature called Mr. Turner every 10 minutes or so. ... 'When I'm nervous I have to pee a lot.'"
8. The friendly skies: "What's the mile-high club?" I asked...."Wanna do it right now?" [Ted] asked ...and a fully-made-up double bed materialized where only moments before there had been a row of seats." 9. Her body, herself: "It's not easy to study your vagina. It takes commitment ... I found my clitoris, of course, and for a good year was sure it was a penis waiting to be liberated ..." 10. Touchy-feely: "We [Ted and Jane] learned the importance of "skin time" - when we would lie together quietly, skin to skin, and have it not be about performing."
Originally published on April 5, 2005
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sharing secrets </TD></TD><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD>By SHERRYL CONNELL
DAILY NEWS BOOK EDITOR
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But she's also indiscreet.
Perhaps it's because Fonda's tone is so very earnest that it comes as a shock when she gets a little too down, a little too dirty.
Here then are 10 things you probably didn't want to know about Jane.
1. The value of hard work: "I had been trying (sequentially) to lose my virginity for at least a year and a half with three different boyfriends, but it hadn't worked in the total-penetration sense - almost, but not quite."
2. Great expectations: "[Vadim] took me back to my hotel room and we began to make out passionately on the couch, but when we finally made it to the bed he was no longer aroused...The situation went on for three weeks..."
3. Method acting: "I took my cues from [Vadim] and threw myself into the threesome with the skill and enthusiasm of the actress that I am. If this is what he wanted, this was what I would give him - in spades."
4. The wrong Vadim: "I told Vadim I thought we should adjourn to our room [on their wedding night]. But Vadim disappeared into the casino and I ended up sharing a bed with his mother."
5. Double the pleasure: "The act of purging is somewhat orgasmic."
6. Hey, big spender: "Wow," he [Ted Turner] said in a husky voice, devouring me like so much eye candy with an unabashed lust so palpable that I could feel it on my skin."
7. Oh, that boy!: "In fact, nature called Mr. Turner every 10 minutes or so. ... 'When I'm nervous I have to pee a lot.'"
8. The friendly skies: "What's the mile-high club?" I asked...."Wanna do it right now?" [Ted] asked ...and a fully-made-up double bed materialized where only moments before there had been a row of seats." 9. Her body, herself: "It's not easy to study your vagina. It takes commitment ... I found my clitoris, of course, and for a good year was sure it was a penis waiting to be liberated ..." 10. Touchy-feely: "We [Ted and Jane] learned the importance of "skin time" - when we would lie together quietly, skin to skin, and have it not be about performing."
Originally published on April 5, 2005
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