Yesterday Jennifer Aniston used the word “retard” on Regis & Kelly. (The Huffington Post has the video here.) She used it in reference to herself during yet another painful and awkward interview in which she haltingly tried to get through her talking points. “Retard” is considered cruel slang by many, particularly disability advocates who are trying to discourage the use of the word. I thought this was common knowledge, especially after the scandal earlier this year when chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel used the term behind closed doors and it got repeated and attributed to him. In order to know this you’d have to pay attention to the news and be aware of events outside your circle of friends, family, dogs and coworkers. Given how little Aniston seems to have to talk about in most interviews, I would assume that she rarely does this.
I try to give Jennifer Aniston a chance, I really do, but I don’t think she’s an interesting person. I’m also very disappointed in her for using a word she probably considered funny and harmless when most all public figures know better. This woman is 41 years old and an international celebrity. She is a multi-millionaire with countless resources at her disposal yet all she has to talk about in interviews are her photo shoots, home, and movies. She’s also almost incapable of carrying on a decent conversation about just about anything that doesn’t directly relate to her or her very meager interests.
Please watch some of Aniston’s recent interviews and point out where you think I’m wrong. She thinks she’s doing charity work by going to Cabo every year for God’s sake!
I’ve given Aniston a break up until this point as I consider her relatively harmless. Sure she’s not the brightest bulb but what has she done to hurt anyone? She also never deserved to be pulled into that whole triangle business and in no way do I agree with the way the tabloids have lambasted her for her personal life post-split. I just don’t think she deserves to be a major movie star. She certainly doesn’t handle it with a fraction of the grace, wit or intelligence that we’ve come to expect from other celebrities in her league. She also doesn’t seem to have the chops to do much more than TV sitcoms. Now that she’s gone and clumsily used a word that most people in her business realize is off limits I’m sure her PR flack will issue a decent response and apology. We’ll know for sure that it didn’t come from Aniston though. She’s not capable of consistently stringing a few words together to promote films for which she’s paid millions of dollars.
Now bring it on. As Kaiser just told me, “Welcome to the dark side. We have better drinks.”
These are photos of Aniston at The Daily Show yesterday. Kaiser told me I should add news of her appearance there, but I can’t even. Credit: Fame Pictures
I still like her.
Lord I hope she’s jumped the shark! I just cannot stand this dumdum. No wonder Brad needed to find sparks elsewhere! Certainly not from this dim bulb!
For me she ‘jumped the shark’ when she used the you-know-whose kids names in that interview and then raided the Oscars. I don’t think this woman has ever been particularly smart or interesting she got famous for having great hair remember? But people related to her,and so instictively sided with her after the divorce. The problem is she never evolved and now with this comment(and lack of an apology) she has shown how insensitive and immature she is and there is no one to blame this time but dear old Jen.
Wow, Celebitchy. You really nailed it on the head.
I am in complete agreement here.
You would hope that a modicum of intelligence existed but I can’t find a single thing of interest or insight in her interviews; she is just another narcissistic celebrity who plays herself for millions per film.
I believe that if she were not such a disciplined exerciser and/or previously married to Brad Pitt, she would have dropped from the public consciousness long ago……
She jumped it years ago.
when’s hot guy friday?
Well people are already downplaying her use of the word. Like its just normal for a grown ass woman to use words like that on TV. So I am not sure how much flack Jen will get it but it seems to be minimal so far. I would love to see her ass banished to the world of TV forever (or retirement, which ever comes first). I don’t hate Jen Aniston either but for obvious reasons she annoys me.
I was even more irritated that last night she was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, I rarely ever watch him interview anyone unless its someone of interest. Watching him kiss her ass and be kinda flirty, which he does with all the actresses, hurt like hell.
she probably got the word “retard” from John Mayer…they belong together.
Jeez, here goes the typical Aniston hate. I wonder, would she be so disliked if she had never been married to the equally dumb Brad Pitt?
Oh, and actors, in general are not particularly a bright bunch to begin with.
Love Angelina, you most certainly do hate Aniston. Just take a look at your posts here and at other sites. If that isn’t hate I don’t know what is.
I’ll apologize to begin with because I am not very P.C at all, and frankly I am tired of the over-sensitivity of mere words-
I believe you should consider the source, if it’s a pointed ,derogatory comment that is meant to hurt someone,or some group–Then you should call someone out.
But the use of the word “retard” isn’t offensive to the mentally disabled. Let’s get that point clear. It is offensive to those that love them. If someone calls another a retard, we know what that means-that you must be mentally handicapped to act/think/talk that way. I don’t know if anyone will get this explanation in today’s society of “political correctness”
Did Aniston mean to offend? I think not, but being a public figure..meh yes, she should know better, it’s still a knit-picky call out in my opinion..Like I said at the beginning, I’ll apoplogize for not thinking it’s THAT offensive-considering her intent.
I can’t hate on her because she doesn’t speak eloquently or act as a goodwill ambassador or humanitarian. She’s just being herself. So what if she parties in Cabo. I’d like to be partying in Cabo on a regular basis. She doesn’t need to apologize for the person she isn’t. She is funny, entertaining and easy on the eyes. She has an audience and that’s why she gets paid the big bucks, like it or not.
It was hilarious how she was getting praise for saying her vacations were charity. People think her stupidity is part of her charm. People are dismissing saying retard as a little mistake. She always get a free pass. The same people who think she was just being cute and silly would attack Angelina for the same thing.
But seriously, this nonsense aside, is it time for Hot Guy Friday yet?
Is everybody done burning this chick at the stake? Yeah it was a stupid comment and she should have known better-ok. Listen, I’m not necessarily offended by that word but I realize many people are, which is why I don’t use it. The problem is that SOMETHING always offends SOMEBODY. Actually, calling somebody “insane” is pretty offensive in the sense that this country (and many others for that matter) have a history of treating the mentally ill like complete garbage-abusing and berating them, even torturing them. That doesn’t stop a million posters from calling certain celebs insane, psycho, nutjob, etc.
How is this any different? Where do we draw the line? My point is that we’ve all been guilty of offending another person with our words at some point. No, we’re not all famous actors that speak on TV, so maybe we only offended the one person that heard us and not an audience of millions. Meh. Regardless, it’s worth calling Aniston out for using the word but seriously, folks–it’s time to move on.
Yeah, I’m over all the P.C. bullshit as well. It was tacky and telling that J.A. chose to use that word, but I have no interest in tarring and feathering her for it. I’m in agreement with Celebitchy that J.A. needs to park her ass on the T.V. genre and stop making these idiotic movies that are all just a variation of Rachel anyway. It will be interesting to see how, (if?) she re-invents herself as she ages…you can only work the beach girl thing for so long.
Margo you aren’t mentally disabled are you? How do you know that people casually throwing that word around doesn’t offend them? The person who oversees the Special Olympics finds it offensive. I found it offensive. Here is my thing. Its one thing to be hanging out with your friends and shooting the sh*t and talking freely amongst each other. Its another to go on Regis and Kelly talking like a middle school student to people who are interviewing you on a morning show and using langauage like that at 41.
It was sooo unclassy, So childish in the way she said it. Does this woman think is she is fu*king 14 years old chit chatting with her friends in a mall? The woman was on TV!!!!! Regis and Kelly for goodness sake. It was to much. This woman is beyond an idiot and the people defending her, OMG can’t even see that.
I’m not a big fan of hers but I don’t dislike her either. She always seems nervous in interviews like she feels uncomfortable talking about herself…which unfortunately is part of her job.
I have a fear of public speaking and I just go numb when I have to speak in a meeting or even a large book-club gathering. Ca-ca just flows freely and there’s no telling what will come out -so I sort of understand how that can happen.
We need you Jennifer. Your’e the best.
O/T- I hope there is some more Hamm today on hot guy friday! There is never too much Hamm.
OMG grow up – I am so sick of these “off limit” words – they are words people.
Okay, seriously though you guys, WHY do any of you expect ANY actor to be smart??? They get paid to play dress up and pretend. Brain cells are NOT REQUIRED! Sure, some of them are smart, but I long for the day we stop asking these fools what they think about anything as if THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING VALID TO SAY. If you wanna hear their disconnected musings about life, go ahead, but dont act surprised if it ends up being the worst advice/outlook/phrasing you have ever heard in your life.
Yes, she jumped the shark…ages ago. The woman is neither funny nor interesting. She is herself in every single movie, with the exception of The Good Girl. She’s too vain/untalented to play a different character. God forbid any character she plays should have less than perfect, highlighted hair, and the body of someone who is wealthy enough to have a personal trainer. Maybe the tabloids would let go of the “poor Jen” nonsense if she’d stop dating assholes (Mayer twice) or stop talking about a divorce that happened 5+ years ago with a man that has clearly moved on and achieved the life he often spoke about wanting in pre-divorce interviews (kids, architecture). Still referring to him as her “husband”? Saving voice mails from him? Appearing on the cover of an Architectural magazine (his love) when she’s never before expressed an interest in such things? She makes me cringe. My advice to her? Stop talking about him, her long dead marriage, or his new partner. Use her production company to create an interesting role for herself. Put her energy into something other than her hair and body. Put her oodles of money to good use. And read a good book before any round of publicity so you have something remotely interesting to talk about.
So clueless.
I was kidding yesterday when I said she was getting so stale, she ought to do vaudeville, or Mame. Maybe a grain o’ truth, there.
And C/B, it’s true, we in the evil brigade do have better drinks. Which we’re inclined to throw back early and often.
But the use of the word “retard” isn’t offensive to the mentally disabled
That’s an wrong assumption there are different levels of mental disability if you spent anytime around people who have them you might know that some of them are very sharp and understand words like the “r” word are used to put them down.
Huh, this interests me, the use of the R word. I’m Canadian and was a disabilities educator (using puppets as the medium) in the school system and in Canada we no longer use the word “retarded” but the resources that were supplied to us by the states used that word to refer to those with cognitive delays. So, my question to Americans is is that actually the common terminology?
Clearly she was using it as a synonym for idiot, or stupid person, or to mean completely uneducated because when’s the last time you saw someone with a cognitive delay dressed up doing a photo layout. So her use of the word is so far removed from the people it used to (still does?) refer to, that it can be nothing other than derogatory.
But she’s witless. And, like she said, she makes her money being pretty for a camera. So I’m willing to give her a pass on this, providing she commits to taking some sensitivity training (which can really only help with her acting anyway, so win-win)
Yes siree…Aniston is harmless but she is so boring. Not much depth in her pretty little head and there are plenty of better actresses on the small screen.
@margo
You say that the word isn’t offensive to the mentally disabled, but I’m not seeing where you qualified that statement. How, exactly, are we supposed to “get that clear”? I’m pretty sure Jennifer was not referring to mentally challenged people. She said it without thinking. That’s the whole problem. Words like that become part of our lexicon and we use them without keeping in mind their origin. The word “retard” is used as an insult referring to those with mental challenges. I’m sick of people using the PC defense. It’s not about being politically correct – it’s about being respectful.
JA deserves some flack for this because she’s a public figure and said the word in a very public way. I don’t think she deserves to be completely “tarred and feathered” though. It’s a good chance to discuss the use of the word, and if she apologizes I think that should be it.
Although the word “retard” isn’t politically correct, lots of people use it every day. Admit it, you probably have at least once.
Although she made a mistake, I dont think this will be the end of her career. There are other celebrities that have done worse things.
The review for “The Switch” in Canada’s national paper pretty much summarizes my thoughts on JA:
“Kassie [JA’s character] is easier to sum up: She’s Jennifer Aniston, looking more mature these days but not acting it. She’s still got those sitcom mannerisms, wedded in this case to a sitcom conceit: “I’m in the market for some semen.””
Can’t get too worked up over this. It’s just a WORD. People are way too over sensitive to what others have to say. I remember when a politician got into all kinds of trouble for using the word “niggardly” because it sounds kinda like the “N” word, even though the meaning is entirely different. Still, he was branded a racist and it made national news.
PC think is over the top and I have no tolerance for it whatsoever.
I dont get the fuss about this woman. All I can say about her is that she is a lucky bitch. She was born with great hair and got a role in Friends, which any other mediocre actress could have played. On the top of that, she married Brad Pitt.
Now she is a famous actress who cant act, so she is stuck to romantic comedies. Still, people like her, maybe because of Rachel and her hair, and the whole Brad-Angie thing. Who knows.
But she certainly does not deserve to be considered an A list actress, because she Basically plays herself over and over again.
“I’m sick of people using the PC defense. It’s not about being politically correct – it’s about being respectful.”
No, really, it is about being PC. The thought police have no right to censor what others have to say. Don’t like what she says? Fine, don’t watch her movies. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t ahve a right to say things, even things you find distateful. Freedom of speech is still legal in America so far. Probably not for much longer, but it is for now.
Wow. Every year we get a pet word to hate and this year’s is retard.
You know, i’m not a huge fan of her, but honestly this world needs to grow the hell up. Words are meaningless absent context.
Not the most learned vocabulary choice, but this hypersensitivity crap is way out of hand.
oh, that is so not cool.
She IMO jumped it a long time ago. To many chick flicks playing the same boo hoo girly girl.
Now if she took a role that she had to…. say… shave her head! I might take her as a real actor! 😉
I agree, she’s not interesting. I think she has a very narrow comfort zone – I’ve read in numerous articles that she ate the exact same lunch every day for 10 years while she was doing “Friends,” she goes to the same 2 vacation spots – Cabo and Hawaii – where she tans, smokes, and drinks margaritas. Nothing wrong with that, but if I had that kind of money, I’d be going to South America, the Himalayas, Russia… I mean, have some curiosity about the world for god’s sake.
And, I’m definitely not in the “Aniston Hater” or “Team Angelina” camp, or any such nonsense, and I don’t particularly care for Brad Pitt, but I really do believe that Brad left her because he is a person who is interested in things – architecture, urban development, the arts, travel… – and she has no interests whatsoever. Apparently during their marriage she wanted to sit on the couch and smoke pot (not that there’s anything wrong with that, lol), and order the same damn Mexican food every night.
I just don’t think she’s particularly well-educated. That’s all.
O/T – agree with Fluffy – JON HAMM please and maybe some Jake G too? pretty please!
No, increasing awareness to being “PC” is not “getting out of hand,” we have millenia of ignorance to erase, re-structure, and discuss, so yes, for a while it may appear “out of hand,” or Big Brother-like, but sorry – as humans we need to bring ourselves to the next level of tolerance, respect, and awareness already. We are letting all “isms” lag and thrive – just look at how misogynism has been allowed to thrive in our society. Bigots big and small will complain about having to censor themselves and about people getting their panties in a bunch over “just a word,” but so what? These are not people who have their opinions taken seriously in the real world.
I think she jumped the shark years ago when people finally realized that practically every role she played was some semblance of ‘Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green’.
We need to remember that just because people are celebrities it doesn’t mean that they are SMART or make good choices. Clearly she made a bad choice in saying the word.
You’d have to be living under a rock to not realize the negative connotation that this word has had over the last decade or so.
I sure as hell wouldn’t have gone on TV and said it.
Epic rant CB. Bravo!! I love this new dark side.
I would go even further however… I think she used the “Bermuda Triangle” for publicity. I think she promoted the whole “poor Jen” image because it makes her appeal to the “mini-van majority” (as Lainey calls them). She sells her movies on her personal life because she appeals to this whole group of women who have no interests outside of themselves & their personal lives – so these women relate to Aniston’s shallowness.
I will say, I love that dress she’s rocking.
How can anyone who does not travel or do something for others, be interesting? Jennifer Aniston is an actress who is pretty and untalented. She got lucky with “Friends” and Brad Pitt. If not for those two things, she would have disappeared long ago. She appears to have no interest in the world or in art or culture. Her vocabulary is obviously extremely limited. That kind of person is very difficult to interview. That’s why she looks so uncomfortable in interviews.
I seriously doubt she will disappear any time soon but, really, people are catching on to the fact that she is not the sharpist knift in the drawer.
to this article i say: can i get an amen?
now, on to the hot guys! ryan gosling, please and dammit!
OK one last thing people say PC is getting out of hand but 20 years ago even if they said un PC words they didn’t say them on television or on the radio they kept them in the privacy of their own homes,that being said I do believe she made a mistake out of ignorance not malice.
Wonderful, your comment is confusing!
Are all the “isms” lagging or are they thriving?
And if bigots’ opinions aren’t taken seriously, then why should you get your panties in an uproar and try to censor their speech?
what’s ‘stupid’ (i do find the ‘r’ word offensive) is that she is wearing that hot-a$s dress and it is like 90 degress & humid in nyc this week!!!
she fails on so many levels. 🙁
awwwwww look at jennypoo’s fans defending her to no end. She can’t do no wrong in their eyes. Everything she does is apparently right to them even when it is wrong.
don’t forget to go support your idol at the theaters today. She needs it lol
I have already expressed myself in the previous post about the R word so i won’t do it in here but i just want to add that it is just a symptom of a bigger problem for Jennifer Aniston, which is that the more time goes by the more her lack of basic intellect will not get a pass. At some point you can’ blame youth on this (like Megan Fox).
Times wait for noone and the more you age, the more people around you will focus on your maturity level, wisdom, intellect, depth than your physical appearance how well maintained it is. This is a universal truth : people just don’t care if a grand ma still looks like a 20 something, poeple expect to respect an aging lady based on what she has inside, on her inner richness, her experiences aimed at inner growth, on what she has to say, not on how she looks. That’s a fact of life.
What you are within, how you express yourself, your intellect richness becomes even more important in that appeal package deal, including in relationships with the other gender.
I beleive that that lack of depth and personality play a big part in her relationship failures because no beautiful body can retain someone if you don’t have a minimum of conversation, you’ll be more perceived as a booty call than a long term partner with who you can share knowledge and experience and mature in the same rythm.
For her sake, i hope she will use all the ressources she has at her disposal to feed her brains because sooner or later the lights of Hollywood will move on to someone younger and if you only rely your self worth on your physical beauty alone without catering in the same proportion on your inner richness, you’ll end up with delusions and a big shock….times wait for noone and it’s time for jennifer Aniston to learn that truth and make sure to multiply her assets and strenght with a little more intellect which will enrich her life and widen her horizon and options, including making her more appealling to a certain category of good decent men who like their women with a little more depth and intellect so that they can share conversations and exeperiences with their partner and buil something more lasting and serious on that than the volatile physical element.
Iif you cant see squat, youre blind, not visually impaired.
If you dont hear diddly, youre deaf, not hearing impaired.
If youre developmentally delayed, youre retarded. thats what the word means. people should stop freaking out about a word’s connotation and just move on. im sorry that some people dont like it, but you cant censor everyone, and not everyone is going to agree with what is and is not offensive. Jennifer Aniston is a mediocre actress with nice hair; shes not some head of state. I dont even like her work, and I feel like its necessary to say people are making mountains out of molehills. Keep it in perspective.
Right on, CB. Visibility doesn’t equal intelligence or grace. I am not hating on her-there’s too little to bother with (Oy, my grammer)
few points:
– yes, she always plays rachel green/herself. this is what lots of celebs do and it works for them. jack nicholson. julia roberts. problem is, rachel/jen is a hell of a lot less interesting and more annoying.
– sure, lots of people are nervous w/ public speaking and spew the verbal diarrhea – i give regular people a pass on this, not someone whose (very well paid) job it is.
– it would be one thing for, say, megan fox to say this. megan fox sells herself as a dumbass, intentionally or not. aniston, however, sells herself as miss im so sweet vulnerable peace love and yoga. this is the woman who excused the failure of that movie where she gets raped by saying that people just don’t want to see sweet aniston in that way. i think it might be more accurate to say she’s blown her cover rather than she’s jumped the shark.
– on the “words are meaningless/we’re too PC” front: 1. bullshit. 2. particularly bullshit coming from someone with extensive resources, platform, travels, etc.
– anybody who describes a movie originally titled “the baster” as “topical” and “a refreshing take on the rom com” = moron.
– the one damn time she says something that does not sound like it came from a greeting card factory and she comes out with “i’m a retard”. amazing.
She should apologize, and yes where is my Jon Hamm sandwich please?
I’ve been to forums where using that word can at the very least get you a strong warning from moderators.
I’ve recently seen posts where Jen was described as being under the influence of drugs or alcohol during interviews; does she have a history of this?
It looks like even the pity card can be played out.
Oh you, you are so mean to Aniston, for God sake, find another celebrity to bash!
I dont LOVE her either, but not everyone in the business MUST always have a ‘point’ to discuss, you know… in interviews she only answer what she is questioned about and she surely does not want to discuss certain things, so she just laughs, makes a joke or say something that actually does not answer the question.
I dont think she is stupid, I think she is smart. She is not even close to be an intellectual and she surely does not want us to think that she is, or wants to be it.
She is just an actress that wants to get her money and live having fun. That’s what all the common people wants to do. Just leave her alone!….
just because Aniston said it, everyone is suddenly above using words like that… 🙁
Good to know you have such high standards, are perfect and never make a mistake 🙂
I said lagging meaning the “isms” are allowed to hang around and therefore thrive. And by not taking Bigots seriously, I meant YES we address the fact that they think this way VERY seriously, but we do not consider their opinions to be valid.
OMG, people with disabilities certainly understand and are hurt by the use of the word “retard.” As I’ve said, my sister Mia is intellectually disabled and has autism. She is quite well aware of the word “retard” and it bothers the shit out of her when people say it.
Margo, people like YOU do the intellectually disabled a great disservice by assuming that anyone who has an intellectual disability isn’t capable of understand the meanings and intents of words. There is a wide range of disabilities and a wide range of intellectual involvement.
@margo: Years ago I used to work with retarded children. I particularly remember a 17 year old girl. She had an IQ that put her in the mildly retarded range. She was aware that she was “slow” and she was daily wounded by cruel and insensitive kids calling her a “retard” to her face. She knew very well what the word meant and yes, it hurt.
As for Aniston, it’s sad that at the age of 41 she still hasn’t learned that having great hair and a great body don’t mean squat if you have total vacuum between the ears.
If you are going to bash someone for lacking in intellect, at least learn that NO ONE, is not spelled NOONE.
I don’t find the term “retard” offensive at all if it is not used to describe someone with a disability. It also means slow or delayed progress so I don’t see what the big deal is. That word is used in common talk all of the time without referring to anyone offensively. When used to descibe oneself it is even more permissible. Build a bridge…
Freedom of speech? You’re making this a freedom of speech issue? Really?
So, freedom of speech means it’s okay to use derogatory words? Please. She’s not making a political statement or even stating an opinion. She said a word in a derogatory sense. Stop misusing the term. It’s insulting to the people who’ve fought for that freedom.
I won’t go see any of her movies. Not because of what she says, but because her movies are vapid and silly. I’ll say it again – if she apologizes, then fine. It is a word that is commonly used, and this is a good opportunity to discuss why it’s hurtful. She’s certainly not a horrible person for using it, and I’m pretty sure she realized it was bad the moment she said it.
@Stronzilla, if that was deliberate, it’s the funniest thing on this post by far.
Several years ago, I used this word casually in front of a co-worker with a handicapped son. I didn’t know the situation, but it was inexcusable. The embarassment, shame, and horror made an impression-without even realizing it or making a personal commitment, I effectively cut the word out of my vocabulary forevermore. JA doesn’t appear to be horrified at her insensitive behavior. This should have been a lesson at an early age-don’t use derogatory classifications no matter the context. She shouldn’t be struggling at her age with the appropriate way to express her actions.
That being said, no one died. She’s not Mel Gibson yet. However, she is personally responsible for her actions, and the best way to reward those actions is to refuse to waste another cent to see the same behavior you can catch in syndication. We don’t need a law banning the use of such language, we just need to hold her accountable.
I wish everyone would stop posting about JA, AJ, and PH.
They’re all vanilla to me.
ooooh wow…I knew even starting and ending with an apology wouldn’t stop those with differing opinions.
Yes,I was wrong for stating that a mentally hand-capped person would not be offended-that was too general a statement, and wrong.
My opinion on today’s society being hyper-sensitive to words, I forget which post said it–but, with no context-they are just words. LIGHTEN UP.
When I hear people use the word retard, I am not offended for the “mentally challenged”, I know it isn’t used to offend in that context- people just like to bitch about shit. We ALL have our own boundaries and opinions. Frankly I don’t care if you agree, just stating my OWN opinion…that’s still aloud. And yes I got your points, I say dumb stuff ALL THE TIME -but can admit a mistake
#57
If you are referring to me, first i am not bashing someone, i am gently suggesting that for her sake she should add more depth in her personality to improve her persona. If you are overeacting because of that and read more into it than it is, that’s your personal problem to deal with.
As for my mistake thanks for pointing my spelling mistake, but since english is my 4th language out of six after french, dutch and spanish, i guess i can definitly get a pass from that and have every right to have an opinion about jennifer Aniston so obvious lack of depth which actually doesn’t make her look good but can be improve if she spend more time into it the same she does for her body.
She is quite boring, and I think her acting should be in TV, she she does not have the talent for major movies.
Perhaps the reason she doesn’t have much to say is because she sick and tired of having everything and anything she does – or says – analyzed and critiqued. She gets paid obscene amounts of money because she brings in obscene amounts of money. Her movies consistenly do well at the box office, so she gets paid going rate. As long as she gives me a couple of hours of mindless entertainment when I need it, who cares? I’ve never heard of her being a mean person, or treating people she works with badly. When so many of your posts are about the lousy side of Hollywood give her some credit for trying to keep her life private and real – if only to her.
@#63-That is a whole helluva lot of languages! That’s incredible….
Yes, my comment was with tongue firmly in cheek because I think we can all agree that the remark she made was inappropriate, politically incorrect and in itself says more about her than anything I could add.
Having said that maybe she was looking at Regis when she said it and it was just a Freudian slip…
No, there will be no “LIGHTENING UP” – its attitides like that that have permitted bigottry to thrive. Is it the hugest deal that she let the R word slip? No. Are there people who use these instances as validation for their own hateful prejudices and therefore BIGOTRY CONTINUES TO EXIST IN THE WORLD IN ALL ITS FORMS? YES, MORON.
I blame the flouride in the water in the U.S. for this unfortunate slip and faux paux. Clearly she should have had a Spring water that day…
I am not a fan of her movies or think she possesses any sort of acting skill, but she always looks fantastic.
My adorable son is considered “mentally retarded” & I still find myself saying “that’s retarded” from time to time but I’m really working hard to get that word out of my vocab. I don’t mean it in a literal way but it doesn’t matter. It’s as hurtful as using that ugly word that crushed Dr. Laura.
I’ve just always found her so boring – she shops, she sunbathes, she goes on vacation. I saw her on the Daily Show last night and she barely talked. Jon Stewart just made jokes and she laughed. It was probably her best interview!
@ Wonderful-watch what you say. The word “moron” can be pretty inflammatory. In fact, the term “moron” was once used in psychology to denote a category of mental retardation. Actually, it was used to describe a person with a mental age in adulthood of between 8 and 12.
Just saying….
#63
It’s not incredible if you were born and raised in a three lingual country (Belgium official languages and communities : french, dutch(flemmish) and german), in a city (Brussels) where 80 % of the executive related jobs is for perfect three lingual (french/dutch(flemmish and english), a city full of international EU officials and where meetings in most big enterprises are done withing he three language passing from one to the other one at some point of the meeting.
Born in an african euroepean family (congo-angola and portugal, hence i also speak a little bit of portuguese and lingala which is a bantu related kinda creole full of portuguese, french and dutch words thrown in the mix) from a mother who is a EU international official which grant me a great privillege : having access to the European School where i get my education in several languages given by natives of those different european countries, accent included (my history teacher was irish and my english teacher was from sthe south of London while my economics teacher was scottish), the rest was in french and dutch by french and dutch natives teachers.
Add to that exposure a first degree in translation (french/english/spanish) before economics and a country so small that as a IT consultant you have to manage to speak as many languages as possible since you are bound to work on assignments one day in paris, six months later in Roma or Lisboa or Munchen, ect.
It’s just exposure and it’s easier for multilingual little countries like Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland or countries where citizen often speak two or three languages culturally like Sweden, Norway, Holland or Germany.
Because of the PC mania in our society she should have chosen more carefully but the word means “slow”. My husband plays around with car engines and talks about the pulse or timing being retarded. Should we expect the word police to ticket him!?This crap is nauseating. Everyone takes offense too easily. Get a hide! It was off the cuff and on nat’l TV so she could of chosen better…but there are weightier things to get up-in-arms about.
Kitten – THANK YOU, I did not know this and will no longer use it. This is what I mean, we need to become more educated on these topics and censor each other RUTHLESSLY.
I am pretty sure we can be up in arms about many topics at once. I dont get how this is considered mania at all, would you prefer everything to be as it was 500 years ago? As a woman, I doubt it. This is how humans make progress, and not everyone has to like it.
It was a stupid thing to say, she should know better, should apologize and move on. I don’t think it’s anything more than that.
I like her OK, but don’t find her interesting enough to warrant the insane amount of attention people pay to her. I don’t think she’s a genius, but I don’t think she tries to pass herself off as one either. In my opinion she’s a B-list rom-com actress – if anyone expects more than that from her, you’re wasting your time.
I totally agree with comment 47 + 58.
Enough said.
Lighten up people! Life’s too short to get your shit in a knot over something so trivial. Perhaps she comes across as uncomfortable because she constantly gets ripped to shreds by jealous females such as some of you sound on this website.
Aside from that she looks amazing in that dress! Wow!
a) this woman bores the life out of me. I can only see her appealing to the kind of people whose best conversation topics involve redoing whatever room in their house and scrapbooking
b) can we please stop using “r word” and “n word”, etc.? Silence is a form of reverence and just gives more meaning to the word that is unsaid. Use it up, delete it’s power. (don’t use it ON people…you know what I mean)
I thought since the Crystal Skull movie we were using “Nuked the Fridge”
If you really think about it, with the exception of Meryl Streep, all actors are just playing themsevles…all of the same roles,themselves, so how much “acting” talent do they really have?
I think the reason people always jump on her, instead of just letting her be, is that she’s constantly thrusting herself at us (Architectural Digest cover/article, lol), giving inane interviews, making vapid movies that she then has to go out and stump for…
Boy, you just can’t say anything anymore without somebody bitching about it. I am sure the bitches are going to come after me now. But I ma a bitch so i can say the word bitch right? It’s exhausting. It makes me think about South Park, how do they get away with it all the time?
well, she’s right.
I knew her fans would make excuses and come to her defense. If this was someone else they disliked such as AJ they’d already have burnt her in he.. and demanded a public hanging.
Whatever, everyone is too damn sensitive these days….
Get over it already, geez.
“Freedom of speech? You’re making this a freedom of speech issue? Really?
So, freedom of speech means it’s okay to use derogatory words?”
Well, yes. That’s where the “freedom” part comes in. Do you not understand that concept? You are free in this country to say pretty much anything you want as long it is not defamatory or threatening (you can’t tell people your next door neighbor is a child molester, for example, unless he is. If you do, that’s a crime. You can’t yell “fire” in a crowded movie theater and you can’t threaten to harm someone else).
But expressing your opinion? Using words that others don’t like (such as “retard”) is completely and 100% protected as free speech.
What’s more, you should be glad for it. As the famous saying goes, I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.
THAT is what free speech is. Not censoring other people because you don’t happen to like their terminology.
Pretty sure using derogatory terms can be considered threatening to many, many people. It compromises ones feeling of safety and support in this world. I would say this is more of a hate crime argument as opposed to free speech. You cant yell “fire” but you can yell “N*****”? Let’s put this in perspective.
supersleuth: i totally agree. most actors are really just playing themselves in different variations. and i think that’s ok b/c usually there’s some individual charisma or intensity or watchability about that actor that makes it work. again, like jack nicholson, julia roberts, tom cruise, cameron diaz. perfectly fine, there is entertainment value in that. but i def have higher regard for the actors who really turn into other personas for different stories – cate blanchett, johnny depp, reese witherspoon, kate winslet, meryl streep. i think tom hanks and leo dicaprio do both – sometimes play themselves, sometimes get into a different persona. one of the reasons i love johnny depp as an actor is that i cant think of a single role of his where he was playing johnny depp – he seems to put a unique spin on every character he does, which i think makes him one of the best.
She IS right. Funny that she chose to describe herself as a retard. Evidence indicates her intelligence is limited, at best.
#29 As for “retard” being “just a word” – that has to be the stupidest comment I’ve ever read on Celebitchy. Next time someone calls you out for being the #$%&#@ you are, remember it’s “just a word.”
I heard she apologized. Like I said before- Los Angeleans use that hideous word a lot. Doesn’t make it right.
I L.O.V.E. her dress from the Daily Show. Love it love it love.
Let us not forget that Obama made a joke about the Special Olympics.
“If you really think about it, with the exception of Meryl Streep, all actors are just playing themsevles…all of the same roles,themselves, so how much ‘acting’ talent do they really have?”
@supersleuth: Your argument may very well apply to MOVIE STARS, but there are plenty of incredibly talented ACTORS who aren’t in big-budget films, but could very well rival Meryl’s skill. Just saying.
Edit: Actually, the more I think about it, there are plenty of well known actors who are on Meryl’s level, talent wise: Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney, etc.
oh, I’ve had randoms yell things, derogatory terms such as “queer” or “faggot”, while I’ve stood minding my own business.
just words. until it happens to you, that is, and then you feel the sting of being subjected to the thought somehow, because of what you are, you don’t measure, that you are somehow less.
words have power, both positive and negative. is it so very hard to choose ones that convey a positive message?
@Sammy
Actually, I’m pretty familiar with the concept of freedom of speech. I’m also pretty comfortable with the fact that this isn’t a freedom of speech issue.
“But expressing your opinion? Using words that others don’t like (such as “retard”) is completely and 100% protected as free speech.”
Hmm, don’t remember her expressing an opinion (as I already mentioned in the post). “Retard” isn’t just a word that “some people don’t like.” It’s a word that is viewed as derogatory by people with intellectual disabilities. I know – freedom of speech protects her right to say that, but happily it also protects my rights to call her out on it.
Seriously, though, can we save the freedom of speech stuff for real issues, Sammy? It’s Jennifer Aniston, not John Scopes.
@kitten: Back in the day the American Psychiatric Association defined three categories of mental retardation:
Moron: IQ 65 — 50
Imbecile: IQ 49 — 30
Idiot: IQ below 30
All such terms have been obsolete in the medical profession for decades.
Yeah…. I am bummed beyond belief but I can’t keep rooting for her when she brings it upon herself like this. It’s hard to root for the losing team – especially when they piss you off.
It’s kind of like Britney Spears in 1999. I liked her a lot. I thought I had her “real self” pinpointed when everyone else was going off of tabloid/persona bs. Every time she slipped, I kept making excuses for her. But it could only go on for so long. I think I threw in the towel around the Umbrella incident – think of that – that’s almost TEN freaking years of rooting for a girl who keeps inviting the haters over to dinner.
So aniston – I’m not “done” with you, but I’m done trying to convince myself you’re having the last laugh. I just don’t get why you keep doing it to yourself, and why in the WORLD you would EVER think that word is okay to use unless it just “slipped” out because you use it so commonly behind closed doors.
I thought freedom of speech deals with the reach of how congress responds to your words, not everyday usage. Whatever, I’m not even American, so I’ll sit this one out.
J.A. is an actress – not a spiritual, educational, or political leader (or wannabe). She used a word that some people find offensive to express how ridiculous she was feeling about herself (I’m assuming . . . didn’t see the interview) – and probably regrets saying it for that reason. Oops! I think we’ve all been guilty of that once in our lives. Can we move on?!
@ Love Angelina, calling someone adorable and lovely is not being flirty. It’s being polite. He can’t run her into the ground. Go and watch his interviews with other women and see he didn’t even flirt with her. he was polite. Don’t be so sensitive.
In Aniston’s defense…
She is one year older than I. When I was a kid that word was used freely and in a similar way as “That’s so gay” we’d say, “you’re such a retard” I’m not saying its right but it wasn’t considered dissing people with disabilities. In any case, I think it may have slipped from Jen’s lips innocently. Goodness knows, I have done it once or twice.
I am not a major fan, she seems pleasant enough …
I am disabled and I use the word retard all the time and the word Spaz (not sure if that’s a word in the US, but in the UK it means the same thing). It doesn’t bother me and I feel my disability gives me uniqueness rather than making me feel like an outcast.
As far as I am concerned I am embracing the same double standard that exists where black people call each other the ‘N’ word (which I detest, I cringe whenever I hear it, no matter who is saying it and what colour their skin is).
Leave the woman alone and get on with your own lives
@ Wonderful-you are a good egg 🙂
And consistent which is refreshing.
@Cheyenne-I understand this. My point was that at one time the word “moron” would have been considered offensive to people who are mentally challenged (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moron_(psychology)). This is no longer the case. My point being that some words lose their meaning after time. I’m not defending use of the word “retard”. After reading the posts of others who have children that suffer from mental disabilities who are hurt by this word, it’s pretty obvious that it’s not ok to say. Again, this is why I don’t use it. But am I offended by it? Not personally. Not the way I am offended by the “n word”. I guess because the n word still means something insulting to me whereas, the word “retard”, much like moron, has been devalued and means something entirely different than it’s original meaning. Now, if JA had said “Yes I play dress up like a mentally challenged person” I would indeed be offended. As I would if she used the word to refer to a person with mental disabilities. Don’t get me wrong-I think this is a conversation worth having and the last thing I want to do is offend anyone.
For example, take the word “bitch”. In another post Kaiser says “thank you, bitches”. Am I offended by this? No. But it IS a derogatory word and yeah, if a woman called another woman out for using it then I think she would have a legitimate argument.
@Bethl: People who think stupidity is part of her “charm” are the same people who label her “cute”, without realizing that a 41 year old woman who is still being called “cute” is pathetic. “Cute” is an adjective that should have been outgrown by any woman over the age of 25.
I thought the part of the show where she turned her back to the host to read the cue cards was weird .Regis had to say “Jennifer ,You got a minute?” I think she may have a little cocktail before talk shows based on her behavior on Leno and Chealsea Handler. Box officeguru predicts The Switch will open with 5 million. That will be “UNCOOL”
@Boat- Yes he did, but I never saw 106 comments about that.
To refresh everyone’s memory:
“When asked about the bowling alley in the White House, Obama joked to Leno that his average score of 129 “was like the Special Olympics or something.”
Also, retarded does have other meanings and contexts…it’s ridiculous how we have to retire words from the english language simply b/c some group decided we have to.
Retarded development-held up, delayed, etc.
Sure we could argue it’s like the ‘N’ word-but I don’t think that’s true at all.
Retard is an actual verb and noun and used in many contexts. Flame retardent, retards our economic growth, etc.
I know, JA used it in a mentally handicapped joking attempt sort of way.
But I agree that hte PC police have taken things too far. GEt a life.
And, JA at least is honest about herself-she doesn’t try to portray herself in a certain light. We should NOT be expecting our movie stars to be anything more than either fashion symbols or entertainers, with the occasional icon thrown in for could measure. But political activists, parenting consultants and lifestyle gurus, they should NOT be.
Just me.
We need some consistency in this world Kitten! : )
I agree with the last poster – if we expect movie stars to lead us into the next social revolution, we arent just fooling ourselves, we are cheating ourselves.
i doubt she meant it maliciously – it’s not like she’s rush limbaugh. personally, here’s my PC opinion: if you wouldn’t use the word to a person’s face (using the “N word” to a black person, “retard” to a retarded person, “fag” to a gay person, etc), whether they are personally offended or not, then you probably shouldn’t say it at all. of course, for some people, like limbaugh and dr. laura, it makes no difference. but they are making millions by getting people riled up with hate speech, so they have no moral compass to speak of anyway.
Just seems to me that too many people get wound up over what is, IN FACT, an innocent statement not intended as an insult to anyone.
Get over it already.
To all the idiots yelling “FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!!!!!”, a lesson.
Freedom of speech means FREEDOM FROM GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE. You can say what you like (within reason — don’t yell “Fire!” when there isn’t one in a crowded theatre) without the government taking an action against you. You know, arresting you, putting you in jail, etc.
Freedom of speech does NOT mean freedom from consequences, such as criticism, boycotting, etc. In fact, these consequences are the rest of us exercising our freedom of speech.
Get it? o.k., you probably never will because you’re idiots. But carry on. The rest of us will be here exercising our freedom of speech by pointing out your idiocy to you. Have a nice day! 🙂
Althought not pc, some people say it in casual conversation, it happens. not gonna go ape shit over that.
However, ppl wud rip angelina a new one if she said the same thing but for some reason jen is seen as harmless. She’s a bit homely and not as threatening as angelina people could side with her more after the divorce.Much easier to believe the “femme fatale” stole him away. I assure you that if angelina were butt ugly, she wouldnt get the hate she gets now. btw not a loon they drive me crazy!
back to jen, how shes sill getting lead roles baffles me?!? i dont find her to be all that charming in interviews either, theres something off about her, like a kind of fake nice constantly pinched looking face thing that i cant explain.
“Welcome to the dark side. We have better drinks.”
Sadly, I used to be a big Jennifer fan but her lapses & same ole same ole statements have turned me – I’ve joined you & Kaiser on the dark side. (I’m not an Angie fan either.)
P.S. I too think she was drunk on Chelsey Lately the other night.
I completely agree w/you Celebitchy.
I bet if it was Megan Fox saying this or that big-lipped actress, the exact same people would be all over her like flies on you-know-what. Just yesterday, some people on this site were slamming big lips for donating $100,000 to Pakistan. So, if you like the celeb, then it’s ok, she didn’t mean it, it’s just a word, she’s harmless, etc. The double standards are amusing.
BTW, aren’t all celebs “harmless”? I don’t know how they effect anyone other than being over-exposed and annoying.
But, she has fans who seem to have identified w/her, and will defend like they are the ones being criticized. This would be fine if she was say, a teenager. But, she’s 41. It’s sad that people infantalize her.
Matt Damon said something about this. He said many celebs stop growing up at the exact age that they became famous b/c people treat you like some darling, precious child, and celebs buy into that.
Maybe, that’s the case here. People infantilize her–calling her cute, adorable, sweet, etc. And, she seems to have bought it. Her actions and words (making those kissy faces, playing with her hair, saying awesome, cool/uncool, retard, pouting, etc) are all very child-like. It’s like she goes on these interviews with the exact motive of being as cute as possible.
I don’t know a single women of her age who behaves like that. And I live next door–in Orange County, California. We are definitely NOT known for our maturity! 🙂 In fact, I don’t know of any person who uses the words that Aniston does, except for silly teenagers. It’s kinda sad actually.
@Sans I had this crazy idea Jen’s ass would never even grace the set of The Daily Show. As far as I know Jen had never been on his show. So seeing her ass there when I wasn’t expecting it to ever happen threw me for a loop. I was even mad at Jon Stewart last night, I think I called him A-hole on my Twitter. I did call him an a-hole because he was being to overly charming with that nit wit for my taste. Jon is very nice and he does kinda flirt with the actresses he interviews, in a like, I am supposed to find you attractive sorta way not like he actually wants to bang them.
Don’t think I will get over it, thanks. The word, not the person who said it. As for Aniston, I’ll give her some slack. She’s not the first celebrity to use it, and certainly not the only person to use it either. Many of us have used it in our vocabulary, so it would be hypocritical to completely bring her down. It’s the word itself. “Some people” are victims of bullies who use this word. We know it offends some people. Surely our vocabulary is varied enough in that we can think of another word.
@nnn Agree totally. Also she’s homely. Looks like a soccer mom. People have to find things like supposed great hair. It’s thin straight w/ weave. Body, she’s just skinny. Run and don’t eat you can look the same people.
CB, it doesn’t seem fair to criticize a celebrity for talking about themselves. What else are they supposed to talk about — world peace?
JA is a celeb. She gets invited to come and talk about herself and her new movie. So that’s what she talks about. Where is the problem?
i have to admit i don’t understand all the intense dislike for jennifer aniston. she’s just….there.
i think this whole bill o’reilly thing and the retard comment have made her fodder in gossip circles, but we’ve all been guilty of misusing a word, or word vomitting and regretting it. yes, she’s a celebrity and should have a bit of restraint, but she’s still human, still flawed after all. it was wrong for her to say, and i do think she will apologize.
re: her talent as an actress, she usually plays rachel green in all her film roles, but go see THE GOOD GIRL.
proof that she can act, quite flawlessly, if she stopped picking fucking terrible, pigeon-holed roles.
she’s harmless, and i’m sad that her personal life and love life have been under such scrutiny since she split with brad pitt. no other woman has been so taunted by trash mags re: a failed marriage that didn’t seem to be her fault.
that being said, i’d love to have a drink with her and pick her ‘not doing press /interviews’ brain. i’m sure she’s nice enough and seems like a fun girlfriend to have.
the first amendment protects citizens from being censured by the government for their speech, aside from the oft-quoted yelling “fire!” in a crowded place. it is designed to, as supreme court justice william douglas put it, “invite dispute” and “create dissatisfaction,” which means criticism and condemenation of protected speech are part of the design. it isn’t that difficult to understand.
Everyone knows it’s not nice to call people with down syndrome or people who are mentally slow retards or retarded. . .most people don’t do it. But to use it in a different context as a self deprecating remark or friends calling one another that when they clearly are not mentally slow should not be a big deal.
It’s only been recently that it’s been made into such a damn big deal. It’s going to take a lot of people some time to get out of the practice of using it in an off the cuff remark kind of way that many people do. Famous people put their foot in their mouths all the time. . .doesn’t mean they should be destroyed for it.
Look what the masses did to Imus. . .compared to how they are handling that slut bag, NOT a Dr Laura. Totally inconsistent. . .she’s still on the air but SHE’s decided to not re-new her contract. Why aren’t they firing her ASAP? Inconsistent and whichever way the wind blows which is typical of the sheeple. They pick and chose what they decide to get all worked up over depending on their personal hang ups.
People and their PC-ness. It’s getting a little overbearing and annoying. Pretty soon no one will be able to practice free speech or allowed to use any words non-literally. No slang allowed, it will offend somebody somewhere.
People are overly sensitive and really it’s just an excuse to get on some one’s case for other reasons. Like this site and all it’s devotees of St. Angiejo. . .you’re just using this to jump on JA’s case again and keep the nut jobs looking here. One day it’s for her ugly shoes, the next day for decortaing her house the next day for calling herself a name. . . you brangaloonies will always find some reason to rag on her – no matter how unimportant. The truth is here. . . this post has so many comments compared to very few on other posts that are not about JA.
Jennifer Aniston looks beautiful when she smiles and is not making the pouty look. As for the word who hasn’t said it? please! people are getting way to sensitive!
I love how CB posted this in “Careers”, “Jennifer Aniston”, and “Stupid”.
121 comments? Seriously? Over Jennifer Anniston’s use of the word “retard”?
Why would anyone who’s so concerned about “ruthlessly” monitoring one another in regards to being politically correct, come to a celebrity bashing blog anyway?? Chances are good you won’t like what you read, Toots!
@KellyBrynn: absent outright abuse or mistreatment by one partner, a failed marriage is usually the fault of both the people involved in it.
Why do you expect her to have any grace, wit or intelligence? She’s an actress, not a political leader.
I am so sick and tired of people not understanding the simplest of truisms: Actors and actresses, typically, are not very bright. Even Meryl Streep is flighty and weird in interviews.
Stop demonizing her for being someone she just isn’t. If you think she’s boring, fine. She tends to have a lot of habitual things she does and she doesn’t seem to care about anything outside of herself.
The curious thing is that you expect her to be someone she is not. She’s never pretended to be someone else. She has never pretended to be someone who is worldly and intelligent and into art and culture. She’s never pretended to want to adopt children from foreign countries.
She has always been slightly flighty, dippy, weird, and stupid. Always. I have a friend who is pretty much exactly like that. She’ll probably always be that way. I got into an argument with her about whether or not leather was made from plants. I would be disappointed and annoyed with her constantly unless I accepted who she was because she’s my friend.
Now, I don’t have to accept Jennifer Aniston for who she is because I don’t know her and personally, I don’t care for her movies or her persona. She seems kinda silly and vapid. But jeez, hating her because of it? That is even more silly.
There are a lot of not-so-bright people in this world. A lot of them are actors because acting doesn’t require smarts just a complete disregard for self-consciousness.
@The Hamm is My Dream Man: Nice post. Except you have to have some kind of smarts – memorizing lines! I would be terrible at that because my brain just does not work that way.
I know I am contradicting an earlier post where I said I thought her persona would be improved by expanding her intellectual horizons (indeed, I still think that and I think it is good for anyone to do that) but the intense hatred I am seeing here seems unwarranted. She is who she is. It’s hard for us outsiders to really ‘know’ a celebrity, yet we start to think that we do. And when they do something ‘out of character’ it is very easy to get up in arms about it. When, in fact, that is not fair to the celebrity at all.
off topic, look at her shoes, where have we seen those this week? on whose feet? lord have mercy, all the money in the world and still find it necessary to copy Angelina, wait for awhile, at least, so obvious, jeez, jealous stalking, get off the sauce.
“As for the word who hasn’t said it? please”
I used it when I was 12, until I learned it was hurtful and derogatory. Then I stopped. When I was 37 I learned (here by the way, thanks CB) that Asian people don’t like being called Oriental. That oriental is a word you’d used to describe a rug. So I stopped using it too. It’s never to late to change and grow. Aniston should be a big enough girl to not use the R word, but now that she has, hopefully she’ll learn to not use it again.
I’d like to paraphrase what someone said on the “N” word thread the other day – why would you want to use a word that is hurtful to others? Regardless of freedom of speech.
I agree that we shouldn’t expect actors to be scientists, political pundits, etc. BUT, there are actors who are very smart and funny in interviews – they have anecdotes, off-the-cuff comments, jokes… They don’t have pretentions of being anything but what they are – entertainers – but damn! they give good interviews. That is to say, they’re ENTERTAINING. Jennifer is not.
The other problem with Aniston is that she’s constantly put forth as some sort of Everywoman, and marketed so heavily as “relatable,” when she’s not really engaged with the world; she’s just in her own little bubble.
I hear that the movie’s not expected to do well…
I’ve resisted posting this before because I didn’t want to be lambasted by Jennifer Aniston fans. But this woman is the very definition of BORING. Most of the time she comes off as stilted and distant in interviews. People can hate on Angelina, but there’s no denying that she is a movie star. She’s engaging and funny in interviews. And you can tell the people interviewing AJ are actually enjoying themselves. As opposed to the the people interviewing JA who often look like they’re about to give themselves a hernia because they’re trying so hard to get her to say anything remotely interesting. And now she’s gone and said the R word. Ugh. I also think a part of her loves the attention she’s been getting from the uncool Bermuda triangle. If she hadn’t hooked up with Brad and been a part of this scandal she’d still just be the girl from Friends.
As for the word who hasn’t said it?
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I haven’t. Not in context other than as my little sister’s diagnosis.
@ Love Angelina
I thought the same. She and Jolie have seperate media outlets, cause Jolie doesn’t talk about fluff in interviews. Stewart is one of her spots. He’s speaks on social issues. My mom has watched him for yrs and said maybe he’s trying to get young crowds with young bands. Personally I thought he was mocking her dissing him 15 or more yrs ago. Was being nice saying lovely and adorable. These act as fake with folks to get over like the rest of us or just to not deal with b.s(ex. Kidman saying JA was divine and they were friends… otherwise tabs would say they are competing) They are trying to be professional, plus they aren’t on the Internet witnessing her b.s.
It was 15yrs ago you know Stewartt isn’t interested now and she’s not intimidating for any guy in anyway. She tries to suck up to my people like Mariska Hargatay and Kidman. They are polite, but she’s not hanging at their houses. She just tries to collect popular and date guys based on looks and fame. Guys use her for booty calls. Just be famous and good looking she will spread them. Public sees her behavior and get turned off. She doesn’t need stars to diss her. She digs her own grave. She’s losing fans all the time. What Stewart does with La Jolie,in comparison, he treated JA like a cute kid. These people gotta be professional, not rude to guests.
I think she went on there to say hey folks Stewart wanted me too. Yeah years ago and cause yours not intimidating in looks or personality. He’s not hanging with her ,no biggie. He pulled in ratings for people that like gossip crap.
I can totally see this slipping out of my mouth accidently – it certainly has in the past and I’m glad no one was there to record it and vilify me with my mistake.
Give her a break, geez.
“Retard” is an offensive word and she should apologize. Period.
If a certain full-lipped someone had said the same thing some — or even most — of you folks who are defending Aniston here would be out for her blood. Heck!, She was called a lot more names for just saying her (then) newborn child was like a “blob”.
Having said that, I totally agree with Celebitchy’s take on Jennifer Aniston’s career (and personality).
The difference with what CB said, Vs Kaiser, Tess, LOVE ANGELINA and so on (including that freak that uses a different nick each time but always calls JA ‘jennypoo’) is that CB was critising Jennifer Aniston and *not* linking that to Angelina Jolie.
Fair play, CB. To the people that can’t see *anything* JA does in isolation, without considering as a JA vs AJ ‘ism’ – you are .. Ahh why even bother. You’re never going to change!
Also @Stronzilla is brilliant on all the posts I’ve seen her comment on – cheers :o)
Its kinda hypocritical to famously denounce another person for missing a “sensitivity chip” and then not have one yourself. Or is she not known for being big on the whole Oprah talk that words have power blah blah lets go yell at the ocean hurrah but don’t mind me when I use a hateful buzzword that is derogatory.
Barbara Streisand lookin’, hair flip actressin’ grumble grumble pilates
@sandy: Beige shoes are very on-trend right now. Especially the peep-toe platform look. Every celebrity is wearing them now. Beyonce actually wore a pair to some Billboard event in February. So I guess Angelina was copying her huh?
The shoes she’s wearing and the shoes Angelina was wearing earlier this week (I’m presuming you mean the UK Salt premiere) are in a different fabric and Jennifer’s are slingback where Jolie’s are pumps.
Nice try though.
Anyone remember when she was on THE VIEW promoting Marley and Me and she said she had thrown her own copy of the book into a basket in the bathroom because it was a bathroom kind of book. Does she really not know how she comes off as an entitled bitch – her father was on soaps while she was growing up – does that really make her feel superior?
Freedom of speech means the government can’t stifle your right to speak your opinions, it has nothing to with whether or not other people want you to stop saying something, regardless of what Sarah Palin and Dr. Laura are trying to get you to believe.
Why is it so f’ing important to some of you people to be able to say ugly, hurtful words? Who the hell cares about the political correctness of it, if it causes ANYONE pain, why do you INSIST on your “right” to use it anyway? This makes absolutely no sense to me.
I used to defend her because I couldn’t (still can’t really) see a reason for hating her, and I’ve worked with her and she was fine, actually quite nice. But lately, I don’t know what is going on with her. While I still can’t understand the extreme venom and hatred some people have for this woman (I mean COME ON, Sans and Love Angelina, what the hell did she do, eat your hamster?), I can see why the more sane and normal people just can’t seem to warm up to her or don’t care for her. And I understand her acting in “The Switch” isn’t so great. Too bad. The script had potential if done right (NOT as romantic comedy per se, but as a more dark comedy).
I don’t think her using the word is as stupid as news reports which use the phrase, “the R word”. I agree with the gist here… Aniston did use the word self-deprecatingly, but it shows a stunning lack of awareness for her to use it. She sounded, as she so often does, like a 15yo stoner.
@Sans Thats exactly the reason I was so pissed. I did consider The Daily Show one of Angie’s spots. I really did. If Jennifer Aniston’s ass is ever on Charlie Rose…its will be a disappointing day in media that is supposed have some substance. I also totally agree with everything else you said.
@Liana Do honestly think I have NO reason to dislike Jen Aniston? I wish I didn’t. However Jen has done some not so obvious things for me to dislike her…little comments, certain actions, and some very obvious things…like the Vogue interview. So yea I don’t like her ass but that shouldn’t excuse the fact that I have a valid reason for voicing my disgust at her using the R word on TV. I don’t hate her I just wish she would move the fu*k on.
She said something stupid like EVERYONE has at some point. Just an excuse for people who don’t like her no matter what she does to jump all over her AGAIN. YAWN.
Is it likely that I will come to a celebrity blog and find some form of bigotry? Yes, it’s everywhere, and not just on celebrity blogs. Does that mean I shouldn’t be opposed to it when the discussion comes up? Of course not. That makes no sense to me.
Love Angelina: Anyone can be on The Daily Show. Jon Stewart has bands, actors, actresses, politicians, authors, talking heads- BILL O’REILLY, at least twice.
Sorry you feel that the person you hate (who you’ve never met and probably never will meet) should never be on The Daily Show but until you decide to become a talent booker for The Daily Show, you’ll have to suck it up.
Jennifer Aniston has to be the most overrated actress out there. She’s horrible! She’s always the same. No range, no talent. Why is she getting so many starring roles in these movies? It’s not like any of them have been big hits.
I find her a complete airhead.
Love Angelina: lighten up! Your last post was actually very funny……and ridiculous.
@mariex: “Its kinda hypocritical to famously denounce another person for missing a “sensitivity chip” and then not have one yourself.”
Good point. Why hasn’t she apologized? All she has to say is, “wrong choice of words. Sorry.” What is she waiting for? People to give her a pass yet again?
She jumped the shark long ago, but everyone keeps giving her a pass. I think she’s incredibly over-rated and could easily be replaced by Kate Hudson, Heigl, Garner, Drew Berrymore, Amy Adams, etc. There’s really nothing special about her.
And, some of the critic’s reviews were brutal for The Bounty Hunter and The Switch. Critics have said it’s her 27th version of Rachel, she’s bland, boring, she’s miscast, she’s not needed in her own movie, she’s upstaged by a 6 yr old, etc. So, why does she keep getting work? How many chances is Hollywood going to give her? I don’t get it.
Some people around here are out of their minds and honestly remind me of stalkers.
@151. What–you talking to me?
Sorry, I’m a movie fan–I keep track and like watching movies. My thoughts are Aniston’s been hogging up the spotlight and I’m obviously no fan of her “work.” I much prefer Rachel McAdams, Amy Adams, and Zoey Deschanel over Aniston. Just my opinion–no need to call people nasty names over it. Geez, her fans are so hypersensitive!
@Kelly: “Bathroom kind of book”? WTF is that supposed to mean? I haven’t read it, but I heard that millions of people read it and loved it. I’m betting Aniston didn’t finish it because she couldn’t get into it. I’d also bet the only books she’s read since she left high school are self-help books.
@Liana: you are probably more right than you know.
So, her fans–MANY of whom who are arguing for the use of the word, “retard” as no big deal–are ALSO the ones blasting the non-Aniston fans as “stalkers” who are “out of their minds.” REALLY? Some of you don’t have a shred of credibility left and it’s rather laughable to watch people grasp at straws to defend a movie star. The double standards and hypocrisy is LOL all around.
Yeah, Crash, look at the response I got from someone I wasn’t even talking about (#152). There was nothing wrong with #152’s post at all. I was actually wondering the same thing. Where’s the apology? And since when is “stalker” a nasty name? And “hypersensitive?” Me? I actually have a BIG problem with what came out of Jennifer Aniston’s mouth. I’ve stated it several times, going as far as to say that I cannot in good conscience support someone who was so stupidly insensitive.
I just don’t understand the vitriolic hatred people have for ANYONE they don’t know and the blind adoration they have for others. I understand not liking someone, not caring for their work, not finding them charming or pleasant (I don’t like Natalie Portman and Kate Gosselin). I can’t understand the utter hatred.
Liana: The trouble is that you’re trying to bring logic into it. I don’t particularly care for Jennifer Aniston’s movies and what she said DID bother me but jeez.
I think a lot of people think they know celebrities just based on the things they say in interviews and the movies they make. These are like, tiny glimpses and yet people base their blind adoration (as you said)/hate on a person they’ve never actually met nor will probably ever meet.
I would hate people to judge me based on a few minutes of my days and a few stupid things I said.
I would hate people to judge me based on a few minutes of my days and a few stupid things I said.
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I think the UPS man has decided I am a sloth who is forever in her pajamas because he always comes the same time and I’m always wearing the same thing.
I’m sorry but assuming someone is out of their mind or a stalker b/c they dislike some celeb doesn’t sound very logical at all. Aren’t you doing the exact same thing you are accusing others of doing? Assuming you know somebody you don’t know at all? ok.
People may not like certain celebs and like others. But you can’t tell whether people really mean what they’re saying, if they are trolling, being dramatic, venting, having a good/bad day, or whatever. I bet people would NEVER say the same things they do here in real life. It’s anonymous and people let loose. Why take it so seriously? And if you are fans, then better to be on a fan site than one called Celebitchy. That way everyone is nice, and gives the opinions you agree with. 🙂
Special Olympics is always disappointed when the R-word is used, especially by someone who is influential to society. The pervasive use of the R-word, even in an off the cuff self-deprecating manner, dehumanizes people with intellectual disabilities and perpetuates painful stereotypes that are a great source of suffering and negative stigma … We hope everyone will take our pledge to stop using the R-word and promote the inclusion and acceptance of people with intellectual disabilities at http://www.r-word.org.
Seems I hit a nerve.
And please, I have NOT defended Jennifer Aniston in this situation AT ALL. In fact, she has now dropped way down in my estimation of her.
And can you honestly say that you haven’t read posts by some people and thought “damn, that’s a little scary?” Anyway, whatever. I reserve the right to think that someone who actually appears to think that they are speaking for a celeb or speaking as they though they know exactly what some faraway icon is thinking is a little out their mind. Some of my best friends were a LOT of of their mind. Hell, I’m out of my mind a great deal of the time and could be accused of stalkerish behavior in regards to Chris Cornell.
Yes, of course I’ve thought some of the comments towards many celebs are cruel.
I like Julia Roberts as an actor, but I’m definitely in the minority. The comments I’ve read about her (she’s big lipped, no-talent, horse-faced, horse laughing, homewrecking egotistical bitch-whore) make me cringe. Also, I wonder why posters tend to defend Aniston while much crueler things are said about other celebs? Why is she so special?
To me, there’s no point in poster bashing or calling them out, b/c people won’t stop saying those things. So, it does no good. I just give my opinion on the matter and people give theirs. I don’t really take it all that seriously.
I think some people identify with celebs or at least feel for some of them. So, they take the comments towards some of them a bit personally. I don’t. Even the stars that I’ve met. I could say, well I met Julia and she was nice. I doubt that would change anyone’s mind. If they dislike her, they’d much rather believe all the negative stories about her. whatever.
At the end of the day, the stars are a million times better off than I am. As Julia Roberts once said, “An actress complaining about the paparazzi or bad press is like the world’s fastest woman complaining about a blister. It’s pathetic.” This is one of the reasons why I like Julia. She’s smart and she keeps these things in perspective.
With the crappy box office total like that it looks like she has FINALLY jumped the shark!
I find someone using the word “retard” as a derogatory term or insult far more offensive than if they were talking about someone who’s mentally slower. One instance can be innocent-not knowing that some people prefer a different term to describe them. The other is a deliberate way of taking a characteristic of someone and saying that it’s bad.
I think she should just apologise for it and move on. A lot of other people have used this word the same way, it’ll blow over. But an apology would be a good idea.
If this does kill her career, I wouldn’t notice, frankly. The last thing I’ve seen her in was 30 Rock, and I wasn’t watching that show for her!
@ Liana-
I know exactly what you are talking about!! There is one poster here in particular who talks about these celebs like they are a real part of her daily life… like she knows them better than they know themselves. She recites where they were on this date and that date, what they wore when they were there, what interview they said this in or that in… and on and on. Anyone who rips on this poster’s “idol” has personally attacked her and will get an earful. Yes, it is a little creepy!
I used to think what are they talking about with Jennifer? Then, I went and dug up her old interviews. Ahh, there it was…look at it with fresh eyes. Jennifer is talented alright, I guess you could call it acting.
retard! retard! retard! there! I said it. Get OVER yourselves, people. The ridiculous level of Political Correctness we are expected to maintain is absolutely ridiculous! It’s destroying this Country. You’re so concerned about saying the “right” thing you’ve forgotten about doing the “right” thing. We all need to stop taking ourselves so seriously. I don’t think one single “retard” will die from JA’s comments.
Hmm… I may have to change my handle completely I would hate to be thought associated with ‘Crash’.
Political correctness is destroying this country? rotflmao!!! There are lots of things destroying the country, but the fact that you have the right to run around hurting people by saying whatever you want, is not one of them.
Salt bombed.
@Crash2GO2-don’t change your name! Even if people get the two of you mixed up, I’m sure that people will be able to remember that the sane Crash has the pretty dog as an avatar!