to respond on the theory

"I'm surprised that the two of you didn't become life long friends when you first shook hands." Life long friends emplies that they met when they were young, not in recent years.

i dont think thats true, i dont think jane and rj met while they were young, i think the only reason they met is because jane said those things on tv and only since then (so max 10 years back) they should have met / shaken hands