Family Guy Actress Who Mocked Sarah Palin Says She Has No Sense of Humor
Sunday's episode of Fox's Family Guy drew condemnation from Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, 2008 V.P. nominee and mother of a special needs baby.
On the show, teenager Chris dates a girl named Ellen who has Down Syndrome and tells him over dinner that her mother is “the former governor of Alaska.”
Sarah Palin, whose son Trig has Down Syndrome, lashed out at Family Guy, which she says “really isn’t funny” and is the work of “cruel, cold-hearted people.”
The Republican politician also involved her teenage daughter Bristol for some reason and plugged her Facebook page a lot in various statements. Whatever.
This and other non-PC Family Guy quotes have drawn ample criticism, but one woman clearly in the corner of the Fox comedy is Andrea Fay Friedman (below).
Sarah Palin might like to hear herself talk more than anyone in history think Family Guy is offensive and hurtful, but this voice actress is sticking by the controversial show.
The 39-year-old actress and public speaker - who voiced Ellen on the Family Guy episode - has Down syndrome herself, and says that it's okay to laugh.
We didn't see that coming. She emailed this to the New York Times:
"I guess former Governor Palin does not have a sense of humor. I thought the line 'I am the daughter of the former governor of Alaska' was very funny.
I think the word is 'sarcasm.' In my family we think that laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life."
Hard to argue with that ... or is it? Whose side are you on?
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February 25th, 2010 12:43 PM
this is what's wrong with the world today. everyone wants to get offended at something or another. everyone wants to censor someone else's thought. everyone has hurt feelings over someone's opinion. who care's about Palin or what she has to say? if she didn't have a "special-needs" kid she wouldn't have anything to say on the matter and probably would've laughed at the episode herself. of all the Family Guy episodes i have watched (and i'm an AVID FG fan), this was one of the least offensive remarks ever made on the show. for christ's sake, her SON is a BOY, the character in the show is a GIRL. if it was really to make fun of her child, don't you think it would've been MEG who fell for the kid?
and to those who talk trash about the actress and them saying that the opinion she gave was not her own. way to treat someone who's just as human as you or me. by saying that she doesn't have enough sense to make her own decisions about where she stands in an argument.
bottom line, americ
February 22nd, 2010 5:28 PM
There is a big difference between biting, cruel,
and insulting sarcasm to laugh at yourself and
tempered down, witty, and more subtle satire.
I believe this is what Sarah Palin is trying to
point out here. It is one thing not to take onself
too seriously, and another to use sarcasm to insult
one's character because the entertainment industry
thinks this is what "actresses" should be doing for
laughs.
February 22nd, 2010 6:35 AM
Let me get this straight... you all think that Family Guy "mocked" Sarah Palin's child because a character on the show that had Down's Syndrome claimed to be the child of "the former gorvernor of Alaska"? Why is this offensive? Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, DOES have a child with Down's Syndrome. And there is nothing, absolutely NOTHING wrong with that. The show certainly doesn't imply that there's anything wrong with it. So this misconception must come from somewhere else. To be specific, it comes from people who react without thinking or looking into things. Such as Sarah Palin and many of those that agree with her. Unless you all believe that those with Down's Syndrome are somehow lesser than the rest of us, how could that line ever be taken as offensive? Because that's all that was said, and the girl in the episode is portrayed as a free, indipendent and capable person. Chris falls in love with her for god's sake. In no way is this an offensive portrayal of those with
February 21st, 2010 4:20 PM
that is crappy on "anybody's" part to poke fun of a retarded child regardless of the mother. you people make me SICK! that is a helpless child, what if it was YOUR CHILD????????? and for jean whom states "totaly unimportant" do you have kids? and by the way IDIOT IS HOW U SPELL IT, get a dictionary. if any adult made fun of my 7 year old all he&*&*& would break loose.this world has gone to he&*&* and its because of the people on these stupid web sites and tv shows. do any of your making fun of her have any children we can make fun of????braglina is sick yet were not poking fun at their baster8878 kids all out of wedlock or their mother whom has sex with horses and dogs,lebo affairs, drugs lets make fun thir kids then. i can think of all kinds of cruel things to say about them. STUPID IMMATURE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 20th, 2010 9:02 PM
Since when is it ok to make fun of children with special needs? I wonder if anyone else put themselves in her shoes. This mocked her child, what mother would be ok with that? I watch Family Guy and it can be funny but this may have gone a little to far. Whats next, making fun of someone who just had a death in the family? Family Guy can be a little extreme sometimes. For those people who say that making fun of a "fat retarded actress" is funny should be ashamed of themselves.
February 20th, 2010 8:45 PM
The Rookie and his Wookie are in the White House! Free bananas for all! ;-D
February 20th, 2010 8:42 PM
Hey, you'd expect a no-necked mongoloid to be a liberal....but, what's your excuse? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....just bein' funny!!!
February 20th, 2010 7:25 PM
Jean,
I guess it takes an "ediot" to known an "idiot"....hahahahahahahaha!
February 20th, 2010 5:24 PM
would we really consider someone for higher office that jumps on eveything that is totally unimportant. TFG knew she would go on tour with "retarded baby" and she did. She is an ediot. That whole family has spent their time fighting stupid things, Haven't they heard, the best defense is no defense.
February 20th, 2010 1:35 PM
Karen,
You are a menace to the English language! Have you ever taken a class on grammar or punctuation? Take a minute and reread what you've posted before you hit send. If you expect to be taken seriously, and not as just another moonbat, you'll have to learn how to write.
Another fine product of public education....;-)