Screen legend Jane Fonda opens up on Donald Trump, sex, ageing and death at a Melbourne event

Hollywood superstar Jane Fonda, 87, has accused the Trump administration of “stupid, bad, cruel and hostile” acts, revealed why she quit sex and how she wants to die, at a Q&A session in Melbourne.

Hollywood superstar Jane Fonda has accused the Trump administration of being “unwell” and committing “stupid, bad, cruel and hostile” acts.

“People who do things that are stupid, bad and cruel and hostile, like the people running my government now; they’re not bad people, they’re unwell,” Fonda said at a Q&A session at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Thursday night.

“In the United States, 78 million people voted for (US President Donald) Trump, not all of them MAGA,” Fonda added. “But working class people are really hurting in the United States, men and women. They’re going to have buyer’s regret very soon about voting the way they did.”

Fonda has revealed what she thinks of the Trump administration. Picture: Tony Gough

Fonda was in Melbourne to headline the wellness festival, Wanderlust True North.

An Oscar-winning actor, activist, author and fitness guru, Fonda is Hollywood royalty. She is the daughter of beloved actor Henry Fonda.

She won Academy Awards for 1970s movies Klute and Coming Home, but shot to global fame as a sex symbol in the 1968 sci-fi flick Barbarella.

She gained a different kind of superstardom as a fitness figure after releasing aerobics and workout videos during the 1980s.

At a pre-show meet and greet, Fonda, 87, was asked about ageing, and her sex life.

“I don’t get naked in bed with anybody anymore,” Fonda said bluntly. “If was going to have sex, I would want it to be with a 20-year-old. I like certain kinds of skin. But I don’t want to impose my old skin on somebody else, so I decided to quit altogether, and I’m so happy about it.”

Dean Jones and Jane Fonda in the 1966 film Any Wednesday. Picture: Supplied

Michael Caine and Jane Fonda in the 1967 film Hurry Sundown. Picture: Supplied

Fonda during a workout session, circa 1985. Picture: Getty

Fonda said she feels better than ever.

“I’m going on to 88-years-old, and I feel younger in every way that matters,” she said. “My body is falling apart, and I’ve had cancer … but in terms of a sense of wellbeing … (and) waking every morning with a glass half full … I feel energetic and young.”

She also opened up about taking her last bow.

“I want to die at home with people around me, who love me,” Fonda said. “That means, between now and then, I have to make sure people love me. I have to help my children forgive me. I have to do work to make sure that happens, because it’s very easy to end up with nobody.”

Fonda will also appear at Wanderlust True North at the ICC Sydney on Sunday.