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Jane Fonda, during an appearance alongside her son, Troy O'Donovan Garity, on the February 28 episode of Netflix's podcast, Skip Intro, recalled the time she fought off a bear from her grandson's bedroom.
When host Krista Smith asked Troy to share something that people don't know about his mom, Troy mentioned,
"She pushed a bear out of her bedroom."
As the Monster in Law actor, nodded to agree, Troy emphasized,
"She was living in New Mexico, out in the wild...ish. And she was (taking) care, or looking after her grandson, who is in a crib in the bedroom. She heard something so she left the bedroom in the middle of the night to go see what the sound was. And when she came back in, the screen door was dismantled and there was a bear in the bedroom, sniffling over the crib."
Garity was referring to Malcolm Vadim, Fonda's daughter, Vanessa Vadim's 25-year-old son who was an infant then. When Smith then asked Fonda what she did next, Gariety urged his mom to continue the rest of the story. Fonda let out a giant roar and raised her arms to imitate her actions, and mentioned,
"I had just learned what to do if you're close to a bear. And what was it. And get very big; I opened my bathrobe.'
Fonda's actions scared the bear, which urinated on the rug, walked back to the door and sat, eventually leaving.
More about Jane Fonda's family
American actress and activist, Jane Fonda, 87, has three children, Vanessa Vadim, 56, whom she shares with ex-husband Roger Vadim, Troy O'Donovan Garity, with ex-husband Tom Hayden, and Mary Luana Williams, daughter of Randy and Mary Williams, whom Jane and Hayden went on to adopt.
Jane named Vanessa after fellow actor and activist Vanessa Redgrave. Vanessa went on to attend Brown University, and become a filmmaker working on projects like Jane Fonda in Five Acts. Vanessa has two children, Malcolm and Viva.
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Troy O'Donovan Gariety was named after Vietnamese resistance leader Nguyen Van Troi. Troy went on to become an actor, and made his debut in Fonda's 1981 movie, On Golden Pond, since then he has appeared in Barbershop movies and HBO series, Ballers, alongside Dwayne Johnson.
Mary Luana Williams or Lulu, was Randy and Mary Williams' fifth daughter. When her parents could no longer take care of her, Lulu went on to live with Fonda and Hayden and their two kids, eventually becoming a part of the family.
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