United Kingdom, May 2 -- Jane Fonda has insisted she thought Barbra Steisand's Oscars tribute to Robert Redford was "fabulous".

The 88-year-old actress recently questioned why she hadn't been asked to honour her late collaborator - who she starred with in The Tall Story, The Chase, Barefoot in the Park and Our Souls at Night - during the In Memoriam segment at the Academy Awards in March after his The Way We Were co-star Barbra was brought in to speak about the screen legend.

However, Jane has now insisted she was simply "being funny" and her comments were taken the wrong way because she hadn't meant to disrespect Barbra.

According to Entertainment Weekly, she told the audience at the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood: "Barbra cam...