Clockwise from top left: Jane Fonda, John Legend, Ben Stiller, Whoopi Goldberg, Billie Eilish, and Spike Lee. Led by Fonda, hundreds of celebrities have signed on to a letter in defense of free speech and free expression, re-launching a McCarthy-era committee. And it is our turn to stand together in defense of our constitutional rights,” the letter continues. The group says that defending free speech and free expression is not a partisan issue. In a letter inviting her peers to join the re-established group, Fonda writes: “I’m 87 years old.