Because old people say the darnedest things, Jennifer Aniston apparently dropped the “R-word” on Live with Regis and Kelly this morning which has already prompted outrage from organizations for the retarded even though her use of it seems to be pretty accurate to me. Us Magazine reports:
On Live with Regis and Kelly Thursday, the Switch star, 41, was discussing dressing up as Barbra Streisand for the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar when she let the word slip.
“You’re playing dress up!” Regis told her. She replied, “Yes, I play dress up! I do it for a living, like a retard!”
Peter Berns, CEO of The Arc (a nonprofit advocate for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities), tells UsMagazine.com it was “extraordinarily offensive and inappropriate.”
I think she summed up acting fairly. Anyway, I love how this is turning into Jennifer Aniston vs. The World month. First, it was Bill O’Reilly, now it’s only a matter of time before Sarah Palin stops defending Dr. Laura for repeatedly saying “nigger” and starts firing shots from a plane at downtown Manhattan. “Racial slurs, yes. Retard, NO! *ratatatatatatatatat*” That being said, if Angelina Jolie isn’t the end boss, this whole thing is officially retarded and I dare the Special Olympics to say otherwise.
I should probably go cut a check.
Photos: Splash News
ugottabekidding | August 19, 2010 at 3:40 pm
OMG! So what!!!
pOLK | August 19, 2010 at 4:17 pm
If she’d flash her beaver for us, I’d give her a pass. But she didn’t, so we get to bash her and her barren womb.
ugottabekidding | August 19, 2010 at 4:20 pm
By all means, bash away. I just don’t think using the word “retard” is a big enough deal. For instance, those shoes are fabulous, but that dress is horrendous.
Wyatt | August 19, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Amen,
HORSE | August 19, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Rain man nearly bankrupted a casino and he was a re-tard…
Rather | August 19, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Exactly. I care about this about as much as I care about someone using the expression, “That’s gay.” which is to say, not at all.
I have gay family members and I have “mentally challenged” family members, but I’m grounded enough in reality to understand that calling something “gay” or “retarded” does not necessarily mean that the speaker feels hostile towards either group.
Lil Bon Bon | August 19, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Most of the time words like “retard,” “fag,” or “nigger,” aren’t even used in a pejorative way. They are just terms people use to describe people who did something stupid or are acting annoying.
Ex:. You friend just dropped soda on your carpet.
You say: “You fag, look what you just did.”
It has nothing to do with being gay.
Thinking man | August 21, 2010 at 4:39 pm
“Rain man” was Tom cruise. I believe horse meant the guy who couldn’t pronounce Raymond (whose name nobody seems to remember but was played by Dustin Hoffman) almost bankrupted a casino.
Mr. Nice Guy | August 19, 2010 at 7:04 pm
If you find this bothersome you you are retarded.
RaraAvis | August 19, 2010 at 10:01 pm
You are totally correct. “Retard” no longer is related to those who are mentally challenged; it refers to sheer stupidity. The only people raising issues about it’s use are those who make money by calling attention to it.
I find it more offensive that this moneymaker thinks he speaks for the mentally challenged. I’ve been guardian to my younger sister for decades. I now use that authority to say “STFU, retard”.
dudeatdudedotdude | August 20, 2010 at 10:14 am
the word just means slow. it comes from french
dudeatdudedotdude | August 20, 2010 at 12:13 pm
oops, not slow but late. temporary retardedness on my part..
HMmm.. | August 23, 2010 at 9:35 am
I bet half the people who will complain about this have children who use the phrase, “that’s so gay”. . well when I was young the phrase was, “that’s so retarded”. It is not appropriate but if it was an ingrained part of your vocabulary and you are in conversation and let your guard down it could slip out. I bet she feels bad and is very unlikely to let it happen again. Kids who use the phrase “that’s go gay” don’t see what is wrong with it. Try explaining it to one of them. Not an excuse but a reason for the behanviour.
ugottabekidding | August 19, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Just about everyone on the planet has used that word. Big fucking deal!
Cletus | August 19, 2010 at 4:45 pm
So right…
mashell | August 19, 2010 at 8:23 pm
yeah when we where 10 i can understand how many people dont find this word offensive but when u have a developmentally challeged child like myself it is hhurtful when people use this word i think it is a disgrace for anybody old enough to understand what this word means
spreadthewordtoendtheword | August 20, 2010 at 1:18 pm
I agree!!!!
http://www.rword.org
Alpha Pablo | August 19, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Like it’s horrible or something.
This morning, I heasrd the same word from three different co-workers.
Big deal and by the way…. FUCK POLITICAL CORECTNESS!
Alex | August 19, 2010 at 4:05 pm
you must be a terrible co-worker
missywissy | August 19, 2010 at 5:15 pm
amen!!!!!!! Political correctness and ACLU bastards are ruining EVERYTHING. BTW, Jennifer Aniston is a retard.
Carolyn | August 20, 2010 at 11:37 am
Alpha must be a retard herself/himself. Correctness is spelled with two r s, not one.
josh | August 19, 2010 at 3:41 pm
She should seriously concentrate on finding a mate somewhere instead of showing herself at frivolous tv shows.
Cock Dr | August 19, 2010 at 3:56 pm
We treat some retards where I work. At taxpayer expense of course.
The director gets all bent out of shape when we use the word retarded, so we use “intellectually disabled” in medical documentation or in his presence, and much, much worse things than ever Jennifer Aniston did when he’s out of earshot.
Now if Jen has said “ugly assed cross eyed mongoloid motherf*cker” then there might be some justification to the ARC outrage.
pOLK | August 19, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Glad to see you are posting on the Superificial at taxpayer expense, too, you loser. You make the retards look like geniuses.
Cock Dr | August 19, 2010 at 4:22 pm
No taxpayer monies are wasted by my postings. Quit your whining.
The retards are a very separate department…thank god!
youreadick | August 20, 2010 at 2:21 am
I hope you die a slow, painful death. Get a new job, fuckwit. You’re not worth the shit on their shoes.
Sizzle | August 20, 2010 at 7:47 am
Nah, I know what you mean. In college, I spent two summers working at a camp for disabled adults and kids. To this day, I still refer to it as “‘tard camp,” and most people find that horrifying.
Whatever, bitches, you didn’t work there. You don’t know how stressful a job like that is. Why do you think most ER doctors have such morbid senses of humor? Called a coping mechanism…
Me | August 20, 2010 at 8:04 am
It’s called gallows humor. Many jobs with a high amount of stress have people who engage in it.
spreadthewordtoendtheword | August 20, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Wow, how horrible…. Were you there for a paycheck, or because you are compassionate?? I think we know the answer to that
God | August 19, 2010 at 3:56 pm
It’s only ok when Rush Limbaugh says it.
Jake | August 19, 2010 at 4:18 pm
That’s because it’s ok for a retard to use the term.
nahhhhh | August 19, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Slam fucking dunk sir.
kulit | August 20, 2010 at 2:13 am
Nice one, Jake. Thanks for the laugh.
spon | August 19, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Was she talking about herself? Because then it would make sense.
Taz | August 19, 2010 at 4:03 pm
open those legs just a little bit more
havoc | August 19, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Exactly! Who gives a shit about retards? Let’s see the Holy Grail…..
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Randal | August 19, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Hate speech is gay.
Political correctness is the only thing that is truly retarded.
Randal OUT!
PS: i am not the real Randal. He’s in Bermuda.
When good girls gone rough | August 19, 2010 at 4:20 pm
I forgive her. Anything but “COOL” or “UN COOL” to describe a scenario from her…
Eh | August 19, 2010 at 4:21 pm
The problem is that it’s using a word that describes a group of people as an insult. It’s really no different than a lot of other derogatory words. Yes it’s accurate, and yeah some people are retards who are not intellectually challenged, but it’s still used as an insult, right? And it is a word referring to a group of people that don’t have a choice about who and what they are.
And I know if I were a retard, I’d be insulted being compared to Rush Limbaugh.
Amy | August 20, 2010 at 11:42 am
Trust me, I know people use the word ‘retard’ as a flippant comment without meaning anything negative. However, I think the issue is it is one thing to use a derogatory term for a group of people who can defend themselves. It is another issue to use a derogatory term for a group of people who have to have others defend them. How can this issue be compared to other groups who can defend themselves. Just a thought from a mother of a child with Down syndrome.
spreadthewordtoendtheword | August 20, 2010 at 1:22 pm
AGREED!!! I am glad there are at leasta few people commenting who have soem sense and knowledge of the true impact this has to our vulernable children!!
http://www.rword.org
dude! | August 19, 2010 at 4:21 pm
uh huh
dudeatdudedotdude | August 19, 2010 at 4:23 pm
what an ugly dress. in ten years itll be a moo moo
dude! | August 19, 2010 at 4:23 pm
I can use the word retard in a sentence: Obama is a retard. There. Did the world as we know it end? But if the retard keeps spending money like a drunken sailor, we are in deep do-do.
Crabby Old Guy | August 19, 2010 at 5:21 pm
dude! AWESOME (and correct) use of the nefarious “R word”!
Randal | August 19, 2010 at 4:26 pm
It’s because she worked with Joey.
McFeely Smackup | August 19, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Since we all agree that we don’t use the word retard to refer to mentally challenged people any more, that frees up the word for us to use for COMPLETELY DIFFERENT people, right?
Personally, I disagree that “retard” is a perjorative, it’s ACCURATE and it got a bad stigma attached to it because…hold on to your hat…because it was accurate and people wanted new words that sounded LESS like the actual issue.
I get a little sick of the fact that every few years we have to change names of things because the old name is too recognizable and people can’t hide behind it anymore.
So fine, the retards are pissed that we use the word retard. what are they gonna fucking do, unite and protest? Not unless someone herds them into a short bus and drives them to wal mart to buy fat crayons and poster board.
ugottabekidding | August 19, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Preach it, brother! (And by brother, I’m not implying that you may be of the African American persuasion. Simply that I feel a kinship wit you at the moment. Not that there’s anything wrong with being African American.) (Whew! I think I’m covered now.)
Cock Dr | August 19, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Actually I think the politically correct zealots assume that a word they get offended over should & will be entirely retired from use in the english language.
For example they expect us to quit saying “fag” & “retard”…. & those words are just too much fun to quit saying. Just don’t use them in letters to the editor or fundraising documents for your charity of choice.
XFX | August 19, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Thanks, that made my day!
asdf | August 19, 2010 at 8:11 pm
I wish that more people would realize that things like “mentally handicapped” are doublespeak, and simply used to make something unpleasant pleasant. The way political correctness is going, they’ll probably replace the Department of Defense with the “Ministry of Love”. In fact, they’ve already changed it to defense from Department of War, probably for the same reason they’ve made “retard” socially unacceptable.
Lynn | August 20, 2010 at 1:19 am
I can’t believe what I am reading! My daughter has Down Syndrome and I hate that word. I’m sorry, but I don’t want my daughter to watch tv or a movie and have to hear that word. You guys need to grow up and stop using that word. If you guys had a child with special needs you would not want them to hear that word either. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!
spreadthewordtoendtheword | August 20, 2010 at 1:23 pm
I agree, shame shame!!
http://www.rword.org
Amy | August 20, 2010 at 11:46 am
After reading your post and the responses, I have to say, if each of you were attempting to speak an intelligent thought about this issue, you sorely failed. It’s sad you had to use sarcasm and filthy language to attempt an intelligent conversation. My son was born with Down syndrome – he is four years old. He is one of the most joyous people I know and teaches those around him every day.
Cock Dr | August 21, 2010 at 11:08 am
Rarely do I come back to a “cold” posting, but I did this one because I thought it likely that there would be some upset people.
I salute those who love & care for “special needs” people in their family. You guys are heroes. Any one with a bit of sense will never use derogatory titles (and retard is derogatory) within earshot of you & your darling.
Please consider that many special needs children, when they mature physically, also change in personality. They have enough awareness that they can perceive their own differentness and inability to take on tasks which seem simple to the general population. This frustration plus the prod of the libido creates some very unhappy people. People who act out. People who can be dangerous.
The overburdened social safety net often winds up with such cases because of the family’s inability to safely deal with these issues. The professionals that work with these people face some dreadful things. I’ve seen a 60 year old lady MD cursing like a sailor to peers about having feces thrown on her, or having to call for security because a special needs male outweighing her by 200 pounds tried to force her in the corner for a humping.
I certainly won’t fault her for saying retard & it is no indication that she or anyone else who uses that word lacks compassion.
You just can’t police the language like that. The word is out, the word is loose, and it will be used. But those of us who occasionally use it will try to keep it away from you.
This is a cold post. No one will likely read this. Oh well.
Corky | August 19, 2010 at 4:49 pm
OMG that is sofa king we todd it!!
Turd Ferguson | August 19, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Smokin bod and great gams!
jkhjkh | August 19, 2010 at 5:04 pm
i thought REAL retards were called “mentally differently abled” or some other pc bullshit. if these idiots are taking ownership of the word, then theyre basically shooting themselves in the foot.
Sizzle | August 20, 2010 at 7:52 am
Interestingly enough, the proper medical term is still “metal retardation” or “mentally retarded.” This is especially true for people who have mental retardation for no underlying reason (down syndrome, etc). Some people are just mentally retarded.
I used to work with them. I had to fill out a lot of forms (and wipe a lot of asses).
missywissy | August 19, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Somebody define the word “retarded”.
dudeatdudedotdude | August 20, 2010 at 10:21 am
it means late in french
HORSE | August 19, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Rain man nearly bankrupted a casino and he was a re-tard…
kurgen99 | August 19, 2010 at 5:26 pm
I try and say reTard like in the Hangover. It’s more classy.
McFeely Smackup | August 19, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Slang: Disparaging .
a. a mentally retarded person.
b. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a hopeless social retard.
Id | August 19, 2010 at 5:40 pm
What about spastic? Can we not say spastic now?
josh | August 19, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Ha, 41 comments at the moment. Like your age Jennifer, you old bag.
jenna | August 19, 2010 at 10:39 pm
hahaha!
DEATH BY STONING IN HOLLYWOOD | August 19, 2010 at 5:48 pm
DOG-FACED MISERABLE WOMAN BORING PLEASE NO MORE POST OF HER DOING JACK SHIT
brit boys are cool | August 22, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. She’s a butter face.
Bilbo | August 19, 2010 at 6:11 pm
We call those freaks retards because they are retarded. “Mentally challenged” is just gay as hell and tells more about the person using it than the retard itself.
Bilbo | August 19, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Oh, and I would suck Jenny’s colon dry.
jenna | August 19, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Ouch! Look at those roots!
jenna | August 19, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Look at her roots!
jenna | August 19, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Someone needs to touchup their roots. ouch
jenna | August 19, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Sorry for all the posts. My computer was slow and I thought my comments didn’t go through.
LifeIsPreciousBaby,LoveIsSoRare | August 19, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Why is she famous? Because of Friends?…Realy? She’s famous today because of FRIENDS?? That show freaking sucks! Not to mention it’s been off NBC for years. Time to move on…
McFeely Smackup | August 19, 2010 at 7:35 pm
It might have something to do with the 23 movies she’s been in SINCE Freinds went off the air. Does that qualify her for famous? If being one of the top paid television actors on one of the longest running sitcoms ever doesn’t qualify one as famous, and then 23 movies on top of it doesn’t do it for you, well there was the marriage to Brad Pitt too.
If that’s still no good, her father has been on Days of Our Lives for 35 years. She might be able to sponge a little street cred off that.
LifeIsPreciousBaby,LoveIsSoRare | August 19, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Pitt dumped her. That should tell you so something…
LifeIsPreciousBaby,LoveIsSoRare | August 19, 2010 at 7:48 pm
By the way, name a movie she was in that was good in any way, shape or form. She sucks. She is alright looking, but she sucks. Being the daughter of someone semi-famous doesn’t count.
asdf | August 19, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I didn’t see it, but a lot of people I know liked Marley and Me, so there is a movie that she’s been in recently that didn’t suck.
mcfeely smackup | August 19, 2010 at 9:52 pm
She was in Office Space, one of the greatest office themed movies of all time.
Beyond that I haven’t seen any of her movies, and since she’s an “actress”, meaning a female actor, then by definition they’re not HER movies, she just plays supporting characters in whatever male actor is the lead, like every other actress.
So basically, shes as famous as any other actress, no more no less.
Kitty Furry | August 20, 2010 at 9:05 am
Dude you are a fucking troll
brit boys are cool | August 22, 2010 at 7:56 pm
I think there’s a fascination with her because Brad Pitt married her. He was handsome at one point and chose her to be his wife. I’ve never thought she was attractive. She is in good shape, but that face is atrocious.
McFeely Smackup | August 20, 2010 at 11:40 am
Don’t get your panties in a bunch, you’re probably just having your period. Now go make me a sandwich.
Retards Rule | August 19, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Political correctness is retarded.
Quantrill | August 19, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Brad Pitt is a stinky freak and he dumped that fine peace of anis for a psycho who used to wear blood around her neck and has shitty tattoos
anonymous | August 19, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Since Brad Pitt dumped her for Angelina she is acting like a chicken who lost it”s head.
JENNA | August 19, 2010 at 8:45 pm
People nowadays are RETARDED! Yeah, I said it. Everything is taken too personally these days. Get over it if you want to live a free country and have freedom of speech. I have a really good friend that’s gay, and I say, “omg that’s gay” all the damn time. And she doesn’t give a crap. So saying retarded is not a literal comment. It’s become like a phrase. And people need to get their stuck up foot out of their ass and go have a beer and chill. There are far more important and serious things in life than saying retarded.
jenna | August 19, 2010 at 10:40 pm
That is not me. My name is LOWERCASE.
Lynn | August 20, 2010 at 1:23 am
SHAME ON YOU!!!! I have a daughter with special needs and I hope and pray she NEVER runs into you! She is WAY more classy than you will EVER be!!!
Me | August 20, 2010 at 6:59 am
Talk about overreactonary. How about teaching your children to deal with it in a mature manner incase they do meet someone you deem immature and hateful. The word only has the power you allow it to have. If you teach your child it’s no big deal, then it ceases to be.
RoniMikey | August 19, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard.
RoniMikey | August 19, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard. Don’t use that word anymore,just call em snookie.
JoAnn | August 19, 2010 at 11:23 pm
I don’t appreciate the word “retard” at all. I have a downs syndrome sister that I trully adore and life would not be the same without her, she is more precious that the celebrity retards that are out there, so why fret about it….
Me | August 20, 2010 at 6:56 am
Hypocrite. You can use it but others can’t?
slapkatyperry | August 19, 2010 at 11:40 pm
DAMN IT!!, why is she always .5mm from flashing her tasty cougar twat, FUCK!!
why Jen, WHY?
Lins | August 19, 2010 at 11:57 pm
She is a ignorant desperate bitch. What a lesbian.
ILoveMatureWomen | August 20, 2010 at 12:45 am
That’s a bit harsh, most women her age expect to be married and have children by now. her physical appearance is starting to diminish, and the time in witch she can bare children is very quickly running out, hence her “desperate” cry for attention, (her way of coping with reality) on top of all of that the dating pool in Hollywood is dried up. personally i feel bad for her.
people need to show more empathy and compassion and respect others privacy.
ClassyDirtyChick | August 20, 2010 at 11:24 am
True. she’s in a tough place right now. time Is running out and no one will step up.
ILoveMatureWoman | August 20, 2010 at 12:17 am
I don’t understand why a beautiful, talented,and intelligent woman is perpetually single, I’d marry Jen, and I would be humbled to have a woman like her. Jen just needs a REAL, honest, loving, and honorable man to unconditionally love her and she’ll forget all about whats-his-name.
BTW i don’t give a fuck that she said RETARD!
Me again | August 20, 2010 at 7:36 am
Heard thru a stylist friend that she is insanely needy and insecure. Brad couldn’t take it anymore. He needs a strong alpha female to tell him what to do.
ClassyDirtyChick | August 20, 2010 at 11:26 am
she must have some problem because ….. as said before, no one will step up. Why are the guys not? OR are they making advances and she has such high expections she’s batting them away?
ClassyDirtyChick | August 20, 2010 at 11:29 am
She makes extreamly poor ‘men’ choices. I mean who the fuck was that John Mayer Child?!?! What the fuck Jen! Get yourself a nice rich business man, who would love to fuck you alllll day long.
Sarah | August 20, 2010 at 1:57 am
Ok, Mr. Peter Berns, “The Arc” used to be called the Association for Retarded Citizens. It’s now just the word Arc, which doesn’t stand for anything, and the word “retard(ed)” can’t be found anywhere on their website or I’m sure within ten feet of the association’s day-to-day activities. (Actually, it is mentioned on the page about their several name changes. This is mostly for “look at how much more politically correct we’ve become!” purposes.) As others have said, if Peter Berns, The Arc, and anyone else trying to be politically correct agree that the word “retard” does NOT apply to those who are actually mentally handicapped, what’s the problem with using a word that has nothing to do with them? Spending so much time and effort to erase your associations with a certain word, only to run up and claim it whenever it will give you press, is… you know.
Bring out the Gimp | August 20, 2010 at 2:28 am
I think your being too literal
God | August 20, 2010 at 4:33 am
Humans.
I think the politically correct term is now ‘tard.
e.g. He is a ‘tard. She is a ‘tard. Jennifer Aniston is a ‘tard if she thinks that it is a good idea getting skinnier.
captain america | August 20, 2010 at 6:51 am
we say…………………………………YOU TURD!!!!!!!
Anna Wintour | August 20, 2010 at 7:33 am
She is proof that an average looking woman can be made into perfection. There must be something wrong with her mentally for Brad to have left her. She is physically the ideal for all women.
Her personality is a little clunky in interviews. She’s lame. But damn, Brad couldn’t look past that? There must be something very very wrong with her upstairs
just sayin
Me | August 20, 2010 at 8:08 am
Sometimes relationships just don’t work. It doesn’t mean that there is something truly messed up about one party, just they weren’t right for each other.
ILoveMatureWomen | August 20, 2010 at 9:55 am
That’s why i find her so attractive she comes across as little dorky in her interviews. I like the fact that she is not perfect, needy and insecure. like i said before she needs a strong man that can make her feel loved and wanted, flaws and all
Me again | August 20, 2010 at 7:38 am
Courtney Cox is prettier. But Jen just has the something…
rob frost | August 20, 2010 at 9:33 am
We need to rebel against the P.C. police by saying retard as often as possible.
I’m personally going to commit to saying it 20 times a day.
I’ll start now: RETARD.
ClassyDirtyChick | August 20, 2010 at 11:48 am
hahaha!! YES!
STFUP | August 20, 2010 at 9:36 am
Anything that might piss off Sarah Palin gets an A-OK from me! Now THERE’S a retard! Wow! lol
dudeatdudedotdude | August 20, 2010 at 10:12 am
palin am berry detarded