2025 SAG Awards viewers wince over Lilly Singh’s ‘horrific’ red carpet interview with Jane Fonda

Singh partnered with Netflix to interview nominees ahead of the Sunday ceremony

Comedian Lilly Singh has left 2025 SAG Awards viewers cringing over her stilted red-carpet interview with Jane Fonda.

Fonda, 87, was in attendance at the Sunday ceremony to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for her career spanning more than 50 years.

Singh, who was hosting the red carpet for Netflix, caught up with the octogenarian actor ahead of the ceremony.

During their brief chat, an energized Singh, 36, asked Fonda a series of questions, including who/what she was wearing and what advice she had for young actresses.

Fonda, however, responded with low energy and low enthusiasm, leading several viewers to cringe over the awkward interaction and call out Singh for her “overzealousness.”

“I don’t know who this woman is but she is literally so cringe and overzealous plz get someone else @netflix her interview with Jane Fonda was sooo awkward,” one person wrote.

Lily Singh partnered with Netflix to interview celebrities on the 2025 SAG Awards red carpet, including Jane Fonda (Getty Images)

“Was anyone else EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE when jane fonda was being interviewed by lilly singh on the sag red carpet just now? it was so awkward and difficult to watch, jane looked like she wanted to be anywhere else,” a second added.

A third found Singh’s questions to be “annoying.” “She basically called Jane Fonda old by asking her ‘what advice do you have for young actresses?’” they said.

“Omg that Jane Fonda interview by Lily Singh… girl… HORRIFIC,” wrote a fourth.

The 2025 SAG Awards, which honor the best performances in TV and film from the past year, were hosted by actor Kristen Bell. She was also nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series category this year for her starring role in Netflix’s hit rom-com Nobody Wants This.

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Winners are voted on by the thousands of active SAG-AFTRA union members, making it the only major awards show to be determined entirely by actors’ peers.

Jon M. Chu’s hit Wicked musical adaptation led the film nominees with five nods, while FX’s historical drama Shōgun triumphs in the television categories, also with five nods.

Other major film contenders included the Ralph Fiennes-led papal drama Conclave and Netflix’s divisive musical crime-thriller Emilia Pérez, which has faced scrutiny after its star Karla Sofía Gascón’s online history emerged.