Jennifer Aniston Says Retard on TV

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Jennifer Aniston was just discussing her Barbara Streisand-inspired Harper's Bazaar photo shoot on Live with Regis and Kelly when everything went haywire.

Dropping the r-bomb will do that.

Already the subject of criticism from Bill O'Reilly, who called her destructive to society for remarks about single parenting, Jen has a new group mad at her.

First, Regis remarked "You played dress up!" Jen's reply? "I do it for a living, like a retard." Laughter? Crickets? Peter Burns, CEO of The Arc, a nonprofit advocate for disabled persons, found it "extraordinarily offensive and inappropriate."

Think she crossed the line? Here's the clip:

"Frankly, someone in her position ought to know better," he said. "She is using language that is offensive to a large segment of the population in this country."

Of the five million mentally disadvantaged people in the U.S., and many millions more with friends and family members who suffer from such obstacles, he said:

"Every time folks hear that word, it kind of reminds them of all the discrimination and oppression... Even if it wasn't intended to insult them, that is the effect of it."

Good luck stealing Brad back after this debacle, Jen.

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    SB_Australia

    Anyone who uses the word retard in relation a person with developmental delay is an arse hole. Anyone who takes offense because someone uses the word retard to describe something like Snooki or in relation to themselves doing something dumb is an arse hole.

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    Kireta

    TACT people. It has NOTHING TO DO WITH FREEDOM OF SPEECH..blah,blah,blah, BS, BS, BS. If I hear anyone use this word, I think A LOT LESS OF THEM & will speak my peace of mind when I hear this word.. Now that is freedom of speech. American Idiots-a name of a certain album...starting to believe it's TRUE.

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    Just Me

    People need to get a "LIFE" she said retard... not to mention she was referring to herself... and when I referred to someone with a disabilty I use the term special. If you take offense maybe you should move to a country that doesn't have freedom of speech.

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    Kimberly Deaton

    Paleeese!! E-one should already know how much this women "does NOT" ever hurt or say anything to hurt them intentionally.....Obviously it did hurt some ppl, but u gotta understand and forgive...God didn't make a perfect person. I do not know 1 person in the world that hasn't said something in private that they would never want the world to hear....she just happens to have to watch every word she says,,,becuz of ppl like U!!! Leave her alone....

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    Jill

    @andrea ismail...um, it's spelled "dumBer then dumB." Who gives a flyin' crap...Obama made this same mistake and people forgave him and forgot about it. And, furthermore, if we are no longer calling them "retards" and are now calling them "people with intelligence disabilities" (person-first classification) than it would stand to reason that this isn't offensive and in fact it would have been more offensive if she had said "I do it for a living, like a person with intelligence disabilities."