NBC commemorates Valentine’s Day by airing a very bad word, indeed

All those years with Ted “Mouth of the South” Turner finally paid off for Jane Fonda this morning, as she appeared on the “Today” show this morning and said a word that I’m pretty sure most sentient adults know you don’t say within restraining-order distance of a live television camera. (probably NSFW)

Can you guess what it was? Hint: She was discussing, with Meredith Vieira and playwright (not “playwrite,” you NBC News nitwits who can't spell and are way too slow with the mute button) Eve Ensler, Ensler's notorious play “The Vagina Monologues.” Vieira appeared to grit her teeth after Fonda dropped her c-bomb, and later, attempted some damage control: “It was a slip and obviously she apologizes and so do we. We would do nothing to offend the audience, so please accept that apology.” West Coasters were spared this cruel spectacle.

PTC outcry in 3 … 2 …

Ensler actually had a more evocative line, crucially omitting the phrase “the word” from her sentence, describing how, when she was first performing the play, she had trouble “getting vagina out of my mouth.” (Decorum prevents me from further rumination, but that’s what the comments section is for.)