Jane Fonda (janefonda) applauded Joker star Joaquin Phoenix for 'walking the talk' with his award season activism, and was also joined at the rally by Rooney and Kate Mara
"Every single bit matters — everyone who can raise their voice, and celebrities have a platform, and that use it like Joaquin, god bless," Fonda toldof his recent onstage activism, and also shouted him out during the rally for "walking the talk."
I was depressed, but then I started to meet with the activists here in California and realized this is the place to be," Fonda told. "California is the fifth-largest economy in the world and it's a major oil-producing state, so what happens here can affect not just the rest of the country, but the rest of the world."
Following the crowd's chants of "This is what democracy looks like," "Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go" and "No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here," the star took the stage and said that through the Fire Drill Fridays, "we learned together and protested together and we chanted and sang together and we got arrested together. The purpose was to raise awareness of the urgency of the climate change crisis.
Bringing the starry ground of attendees onto the stage, she added,"this is so important when celebrities are willing to use their platform to bring attention to the climate crisis so let's give them a big round of applause. Take your pictures quick because I'm going to wave a wand and they're going to disappear. I'm so grateful to all of you, my friends, for being here, thank you so much.
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