Jane Fonda has spoken candidly about seeking male approval in a new interview.

The Oscar-winning Hollywood icon, 83, admitted that despite being a feminist, she ‘needs to feel that men find her attractive’ and ‘wants them to tell her she looks good for her age’.

Using Zoom as an example when speaking to Grazia for the magazine’s latest issue, the star said: ‘I feel ashamed even admitting it, but I pay a little extra attention to how I look [when video calling a man] than I do if it’s a woman.’

Candid: Jane Fonda, 83, spoken candidly about seeking male approval in a new interview, admitting that despite being a feminist, she ‘needs to feel that men find her attractive’

Explaining that she ‘wanting men to find her attractive is part of her DNA as she became an adult in the 1950s’, Jane went on: ‘I need to feel that they [men] think I’m attractive. I don’t mean sexy, I mean just look good for my age.’

She elaborated: ‘Guys tell me, whether they’re a doctor or a hairdresser or whatever, that other people say ”Oh my god you know Jane Fonda! What does she look like?!” I want for them to say, ”she looks good for her age”.’

Elsewhere in the cover interview, Jane spoke candidly about what it means to be a feminist and how that ties in with ideas of vanity.

Explaining that she considers herself ‘a little bit vain’, Jane told the outlet: ‘When I very first became a feminist I didn’t really pay that much attention to how I looked.

Fonda admitted: ‘I feel ashamed even admitting it, but I pay a little extra attention to how I look [when video calling a man] than I do if it’s a woman’

‘There was a space between Barbarella (1968) and Monster in Law (2005), where I didn’t really pay that much attention to how I looked on purpose, because I thought that to be taken seriously, I had to look like I didn’t care how I looked.’

However Jane then came to the realisation that: ‘You can look beautiful and still be a feminist.’

She added that her vanity compliments her profession, as ‘actors have to be photographed a lot’.

The star elaborated: ‘I lived for 20 years in Atlanta, Georgia. But it was when I was back in LA for some awards show and I knew that I looked really good.

‘Aaron saw me, and I could tell that he thought that I looked good, and he offered me a part. I hadn’t worked in a long, long time.

Pandemic: Fonda also touched upon her beauty regime throughout the pandemic, with the iconic actress famously letting her hair go naturally grey

‘That’s when I realised I had to move out here so people could see me. But the fact is that even though I was in my 70s then, looking good helped me get work. I’m a working actor, I support myself so that part of it is important.’

Fonda also touched upon her beauty regime throughout the pandemic, with the iconic actress famously letting her hair go naturally grey as the world remained stuck indoors.

While she ‘rarely wore make-up’ during lockdown, she made sure to stay on top of her workout routine.

Jane explained: ‘When we’re not working out, we can get depressed more easily. Exercising is as much about the head as it is about the body – they’re not really two separate things. It’s very important for mental stability and a good attitude to work out.’

Makeup-free: While Jane ‘rarely wore make-up’ during lockdown, she made sure to stay on top of her workout routine

However Fonda’s exercise regimes are a far cry from her high-energy aerobic video days, with the star saying: ‘Anything I do now is very slow. That’s one thing that has to change when you get older is that things have to be slow.’

She added: ‘Basically, I’m working the same muscles, I just do less weights and use resistance bands – things like that. I do it very carefully and slowly. I have a trainer who makes sure I’m doing them right, so I don’t get hurt.’

As for keeping her radiant skin in glowing condition, Jane says she ‘never sleeps with make-up on’ and ‘washes her face with a coarse cloth daily’.

This week’s ‘The Classics Issue’ of Grazia is on sale now (Tuesday 5 October).

Slowing down: However Fonda’s exercise regimes are a far cry from her high-energy aerobic video days, with the star saying: ‘Anything I do now is very slow’ (pictured: Fonda 1971’s Klute)

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