Trump referred to Oscar-winning deaf actress as retarded
October 17, 2016  17:07
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Remember that memorable 1986 film, Children of a Lesser God? And remember the fantastic actress -- Marlee Matlin -- who essayed the role of an hearing impaired person that won her the Best Actress Oscar?

Well, Matlin, who is hearing impaired in real life, was allegedly called 'retarded' repeatedly, by Donald Trump.


That's the latest installment of Trump, real person, by the Daily Beast, reporting on the Republican nominee's behavior on the set of the Apprentice, where he made a habit of calling a deaf actress on the show "retarded."

Matlin is the only deaf actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.

This is what the Daily Beast reports:

[Trump] would often equate that she was mentally retarded, said one source, who described how kind Matlin and her interpreter Jack Jason were.

During the taping of the show, Trump would often scribble down notes while sitting at the table of the boardroomthe shows primary set.

A person familiar with the notes who helped clean up after tapings said that on one of the pieces of paper, Trump wrote: Marlee, is she retarded??

[Trump] would make fun of her voice. It actually sounded a lot like what he did [to] the New York Times guy, another person who worked on The Apprentice for years told The Daily Beast, referring to when Trump mocked a disabled reporter last year. The source said this incident occurred outside the boardroom, during a break from filming.

Like, to make it seem like she was mentally not there? [It] sounded like he got a real kick out of it. It was really upsetting

In the boardroom, he would talk to her like she was special, the source said.

Oh, Trump also reportedly made inappropriate sexual comments to Matlin on set, which hardly seems like news at this point. Matlin performed at the 2011 roast of Trump on Comedy Central, which is evidence she took Trumps comments pretty well or very badly.
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