 She told Entertainment Tonight : "I'm not going to be around for much longer. When you get to be my age, you better be aware of the amount of time that is behind you, as opposed to in front of you. I mean, that's just realistic." Adding that she's 'not afraid of going', the star said: "I'm ready. I've had a great life. Not that I want to go, but I'm aware that it's going to be sooner rather than later." The interview comes after Jane announced in September that she had been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The star took to her Instagram page to share the emotional news. Jane said she's 'not afraid of death' ( Entertainment Tonight) Jane wrote: "So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share. I've been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments. "This is a very treatable cancer. 80% of people survive, so I feel very lucky. "I'm also lucky because I have health insurance and access to the best doctors and treatments. I realise, and it's painful, that I am privileged in this. Almost every family in America has had to deal with cancer at one time or another and far too many don't have access to the quality health care I am rece){kind=link}
Jane Fonda has opened up in a new interview about how she knows she’ll be gone âsooner rather than later’
Jane Fonda has said she knows she ‘isn’t going to be around for much longer’ but has insisted she’s ‘not afraid of death’.
The 84-year-old talked about her mortality as she expressed how important it is for celebrities with a platform to talk about urgent causes that they care about.
The A-lister insisted that despite not wanting to go, she said she is ‘ready’ because she’s lived a ‘great life’.
She said that when you get to a certain age you start to become more aware of how many years you have left in front of you, saying ‘that’s just realistic’.