Another day, another celebrity suffers from foot-in-mouth disease. This time the culprit, or victim depending on how you view the incident, is Jennifer Aniston, berated for using the word “retard” in an interview with Regis and Kelly.
Aniston was discussing her new movie, The Switch, when the conversation changed to her dressing up. She described doing it for a living as “like a retard.”
Clearly this was a stupid thing to say, but it was an unfortunate slip of the tongue rather than a purposely offensive statement directed at the mentally disabled. Which means there is a vast difference between this and Dr. Laura using the N word repeatedly.
Aniston should not be getting the abuse she is over this. She made a mistake, which I’m sure she regrets given the outcry. But that’s it. There’s certainly no need to hold an inquest about what she inadvertently said.
