In previous years, Lugner has forked over a lot of dough to secure A-list arm candy for the annual ball, including Kardashian, who attended in 2014.īut the reality star was too busy filming her show - and hardly gave him the time of day. Rick Davis / įonda admitted she was only in attendance because she was paid “quite a bit of money,” though it’s unclear exactly how much.Ī rep for Lugner did not immediately return a request for comment, and a rep for Fonda declined to comment. Instagram Pamela Anderson was another celebrity guest of honor invited to the Vienna Ball in 2003. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Kim Kardashian was another guest of Lugner’s in 2104. Lindsay Lohan accompanied Lugner to the Vienna Ball in 2010 and had a laundry list of demands. Lugner reportedly appeared uneasy at the press event, saying little. “I engage in civil disobedience, I get arrested just like people gluing themselves to the street, more people pay attention and, little by little, people start doing something,” she said. She then urged people to “do everything we can to prevent the climate crisis becoming an out-of-control catastrophe. “These fossil fuel companies are criminal, they are killing people and killing the planet,” she said. She then used her platform to trumpet climate activism. She also told reporters she won’t be dancing with her 90-year-old date. BACKGRID Fonda reportedly accepted the invite to Vienna under false pretenses, according to the Irish Times, explaining: “Until yesterday I thought I was going to the opera with this man, now I’ve learned that it’s a popular ball.” APA/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images Fonda during a press conference at Lugner Cinema on the evening of the annual Vienna Opera Ball. Jane Fonda apparently went rogue during a paid invite to the Vienna Opera Ball by wealthy Austrian shopping mall magnate Richard Lugner. “Until yesterday I thought I was going to the opera with this man, now I’ve learned that it’s a popular ball,” Fonda told The Irish Times at a news conference ahead of the event. She then ranted that fossil fuel companies are “criminal,” after learning that oil and gas company OMV was a sponsor for the ball. Instead, the “Book Club” star tore up her script for the week, and made her own itinerary instead, touring museums and galleries in Vienna, sans Lugner, according to the Irish Times. Lugner reportedly rolled out the red carpet for the 85-year-old “Grace & Frankie” star who was welcomed to Austria’s capital city with a bouquet, a photo op and a stretch limousine - all of which she declined to accept. Thursday’s Vienna Opera Ball is the highlight of the Austrian social season and Fonda is this year’s guest of Austrian shopping-mall magnate Richard Lugner, who has reportedly paid as much as half a million dollars for celebrities such as Kim Kardashian to accompany him to the annual fundraiser. Jane Fonda: Director asked to see ‘what my orgasms are like’ for filmĪ billionaire shelled out big bucks to fly Jane Fonda to Austria to be his date for a gala - but it backfired when the actress and climate activist went rogue and then put the event on blast. Jane Fonda disses Robert Redford: ‘Has an issue with women’ Jane Fonda blames ‘white men,’ ‘racism’ for climate change: ‘Arrest and jail’ The week in whoppers: Comey’s Russia-hoax con, Fonda’s climate lunacy, more
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