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highplainsdem

(49,020 posts)
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 08:24 PM Oct 2016

Donald Trump Called Deaf ‘Apprentice’ Marlee Matlin ‘Retarded’

Source: The Daily Beast

Just in case you thought Donald Trump was insufficiently awful: He repeatedly called a deaf actress “retarded,” three sources tell The Daily Beast.

Trump, who was accused on Wednesday of making sexual comments to Marlee Matlin, an Oscar-winning actress who once competed on Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, also apparently had a habit of insulting, mimicking, and demeaning as mentally handicapped his star female contestant—all because she was deaf.

In 2011, Matlin, who is still the only deaf actor or actress to win an Academy Award for best actress, appeared on Trump’s NBC reality-TV series. By the end of the season, she had come in second place and earned her fair share of compliments from Trump in the aired footage. But according to three longtime staffers who worked on Matlin’s season of Celebrity Apprentice, Trump would regularly disrespect the actress and would even treat her as if she were mentally disabled.

Sometimes the insults would be behind her back; other times they would be right in front of her.

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Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/13/donald-trump-called-deaf-apprentice-marlee-matlin-retarded.html

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Donald Trump Called Deaf ‘Apprentice’ Marlee Matlin ‘Retarded’ (Original Post) highplainsdem Oct 2016 OP
Anyone surprised? Anyone? nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #1
WHAT? forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #14
Nope. backscatter712 Oct 2016 #32
Yay! You used my favorite German phrase! geardaddy Oct 2016 #46
I have run out of adjectives to describe this disgusting livetohike Oct 2016 #2
WHAT? forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #15
None of the adjectives I can find are extreme enough-- seriously! ailsagirl Oct 2016 #20
I just keep coming up with Cha Oct 2016 #42
That's a great all purpose adjective Cha. Today I will rely on livetohike Oct 2016 #43
Oh yeah stupid psycho works for me. Cha Oct 2016 #52
Seriously?...What is he, Dr. Frigging Evil or something? whathehell Oct 2016 #56
I think his parents, especially his Father were less than admirable. Maybe he was an unwanted livetohike Oct 2016 #57
Nothing surprises me anymore. geomon666 Oct 2016 #3
SERIOUSLY WHAT? forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #16
They have to get the footage Rose Siding Oct 2016 #4
OMG WHAT? forgotmylogin Oct 2016 #18
Except, of course... Bibliovore Oct 2016 #34
Even without footage, we can expect the childish Trump to "go after" Marlee Matlin Midnight Writer Oct 2016 #35
Children of a lesser god. forest444 Oct 2016 #5
That photo is fake....per snoopes masmdu Oct 2016 #31
That made me think of BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #40
The Trump Campaign is really a Samsung 7 at this point bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #7
Gives off toxic fumes and burns the place down Hekate Oct 2016 #36
Why would anyone even go on "The Apprentice" shows? LisaM Oct 2016 #8
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ maxsolomon Oct 2016 #10
Why would anyone watch the show? LiberalFighter Oct 2016 #44
Interesting that Matlin has not spoken about this maxsolomon Oct 2016 #9
She probably signed a nondisclosure agreement. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #26
I would like to see what is in these nondisclosure contracts... chelsea0011 Oct 2016 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author kestrel91316 Oct 2016 #27
If i were her, i'd release a statement maxsolomon Oct 2016 #47
Mark Burnett know about him doing this??? Burnett is responsible for Trump getting into the filthy Divine Discontent Oct 2016 #11
He's another Trumpologist LiberalLovinLug Oct 2016 #28
I thought Mark Burnett & wife Roma Downey were supposed to be devout Christians spiderpig Oct 2016 #30
He has melted down more than ice cream in the July Arizona sun. Feeling the Bern Oct 2016 #12
I lived in Tucson for a year, and one night in July... displacedtexan Oct 2016 #45
That's ghastly. Can't even imagine how creepy it would be to know it's 100 degrees at midnight. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2016 #55
I wonder if anyone kept his notes? Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #13
Absolutely disgusting. smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #37
Slime.ball. narnian60 Oct 2016 #17
My Deaf friends will be thrilled to see this. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #22
Scam tiptonic Oct 2016 #23
Pagin' Palin and the repug word police. Mc Mike Oct 2016 #24
Joey Lucas explains how numbers can lie to Josh. elleng Oct 2016 #25
Low. lastlib Oct 2016 #29
Or to use the quote from Lincoln... backscatter712 Oct 2016 #33
Mitt Romney was a freaking saint compared to this guy..... steve2470 Oct 2016 #39
I just said the same thing to my husband last night. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #51
I never did watch that show mentioned in all Cha Oct 2016 #41
"it doesn't feel so good for Marlee" -- well, some of us wordpix Oct 2016 #48
Trump is an ass and this is just further evidence of how much of an ass Trump can be Gothmog Oct 2016 #49
When I saw this one last night, it affected me powerfully bellmartin Oct 2016 #50
Arschloch SummerSnow Oct 2016 #53
He's so ignorant and cruel. Wonder what his good buddy Sarah Palin thinks about him now Lady_Chat Oct 2016 #54
As a woman with a hearing impairment liberalhistorian Oct 2016 #58
Dec 1969 #

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
32. Nope.
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:52 PM
Oct 2016

Disgusted and angered. Not surprised.

I'm with Robert De Niro - I want to punch that Backpfeifengesicht right in the mouth.

I was born with club feet, that were fixed, mostly, by surgeries and casts when I was a kid, and I remember being bullied, teased, tripped in the school halls, because I walked funny.

Donald Trump is truly an evil, subhuman cockroach.

whathehell

(29,072 posts)
56. Seriously?...What is he, Dr. Frigging Evil or something?
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 03:20 PM
Oct 2016

I mean, you couldn't make this shit up...It's like he wasn't socialized properly as a child, or something, which is hard to believe,

for God's sake, it's standard socialization to teach kids, at an early age, how COMPLETELY unacceptable, how uncivilized it is to
:
mock the disabled or people's looks.

So strange..I remember my mother telling me, at the age of six or something, how wrong and cruel it was

to mock anyone for things they can't help, like a disability or less than beautiful looks.."People can't help how they look" She said it

in a very kind way, because she knew that this is just something children must be taught. .

What happened with his parents?

Does anyone know of some strange 'irregularities" with his early upbringing which would have excluded such basic socialization?

livetohike

(22,156 posts)
57. I think his parents, especially his Father were less than admirable. Maybe he was an unwanted
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 03:26 PM
Oct 2016

child and the never loved him. There is definitely something wrong with his mental and emotional stability.

forgotmylogin

(7,530 posts)
16. SERIOUSLY WHAT?
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 08:51 PM
Oct 2016

Someone had to make this up. You don't be on a show with a famous hearing-impaired person and not get the memo.

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
4. They have to get the footage
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 08:30 PM
Oct 2016

Without it, we have yet another serious outrage. With it, we win an election more easily.

forgotmylogin

(7,530 posts)
18. OMG WHAT?
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 08:53 PM
Oct 2016

HE DID IT IN FRONT OF HER? BECAUSE HE WAS ALL SMUG LIKE "She can't understand me so I can talk about her disrespectfully right in front of her face..."

Bibliovore

(185 posts)
34. Except, of course...
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 12:45 AM
Oct 2016

...that she can read lips. And she has a translator who accompanies her, and who is most certainly loyal to her and not to Trump.

Midnight Writer

(21,780 posts)
35. Even without footage, we can expect the childish Trump to "go after" Marlee Matlin
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 01:50 AM
Oct 2016

This guy Trump just can't help himself from attack attack attacking even the most sympathetic victims.

This fool is so easy to bait that it is truly scary.

LisaM

(27,818 posts)
8. Why would anyone even go on "The Apprentice" shows?
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 08:37 PM
Oct 2016

The whole concept was mean, really mean, plus you had to be around him. I couldn't even watch the promos. Of course, I'm not excusing his behavior on any level, but I wouldn't want to get within 100 feet of the guy.

maxsolomon

(33,360 posts)
10. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 08:39 PM
Oct 2016

People need an income

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
38. I would like to see what is in these nondisclosure contracts...
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 05:51 AM
Oct 2016

Being demeaned, bullied,or sexually assaulted can't be included as part of the contract.

Response to maxsolomon (Reply #9)

maxsolomon

(33,360 posts)
47. If i were her, i'd release a statement
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 01:14 PM
Oct 2016

"I signed a NDA with NBC as a condition of my employment and cannot discuss my experiences working with Donald Trump".

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
11. Mark Burnett know about him doing this??? Burnett is responsible for Trump getting into the filthy
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 08:40 PM
Oct 2016

position of harming our country because he has footage of Trump's filth and sat on it...

LiberalLovinLug

(14,175 posts)
28. He's another Trumpologist
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:31 PM
Oct 2016

They've made a lot of dough together. Mark Burnett, he who produced The Bible series for History (?) Channel. And the devil is...an actor that looks eerily like Barack on a bad day, ten years in the future.

edit: So he's a true believer and will not surrender anything and is probably shredding everything he can at this moment.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
30. I thought Mark Burnett & wife Roma Downey were supposed to be devout Christians
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:44 PM
Oct 2016

Guess they can turn a blind eye when $$$$$ is involved.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
45. I lived in Tucson for a year, and one night in July...
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 12:56 PM
Oct 2016

...the time and temp sign on the bank down the street read Midnight/100 degrees.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
13. I wonder if anyone kept his notes?
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 08:47 PM
Oct 2016
During the taping of the show, Trump would often scribble down notes while sitting at the table of “the boardroom”—the show’s 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??

He would write notes on his blotter, his papers in front of him, and he would scribble notes in it,” a source described. “It was usually just asinine things on them.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
24. Pagin' Palin and the repug word police.
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 09:28 PM
Oct 2016

They'll be along to voice their patented moral outrage and indignity at the use of that slur, presently.

lastlib

(23,263 posts)
29. Low.
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:40 PM
Oct 2016

If he moves the bar any lower for disgusting, contemptible crudity, a piece of paper won't be able to slide under it. But he'll slither through somehow.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
33. Or to use the quote from Lincoln...
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:58 PM
Oct 2016

Attributed to Thaddeus Stevens: Donald Trump is living proof that some men are inferior.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
39. Mitt Romney was a freaking saint compared to this guy.....
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 06:50 AM
Oct 2016

I never thought I'd say that. He is an asshole and a stone cold sociopath.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
51. I just said the same thing to my husband last night.
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 03:00 PM
Oct 2016

Romney was awful in so many ways, but this--this putrid embodiment of boorishness, arrogance, selfishness, anti-intellectualism, racism, and misogyny--this is far, far worse.

Cha

(297,467 posts)
41. I never did watch that show mentioned in all
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 07:41 AM
Oct 2016

this. It seems surreal that we're talking about some perverted lech who is running for President.

I imagine this doesn't feel so good for Marlee to be reading about this now. I understand why people feel the need to speak out, though.

trump has already shown us who he is.. so these reports now are only confirming what he himself has said and shown us with his actions. That he's basically very stupid.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
48. "it doesn't feel so good for Marlee" -- well, some of us
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 01:58 PM
Oct 2016

who are fighting this kind of R crazy shit on the local or state level have had worse said about us. Thanks to Michelle O for her motto, "Go high when they go low." It's kept me very calm and even in the face of this kind of personal attack. The R's nearly always go low.

bellmartin

(218 posts)
50. When I saw this one last night, it affected me powerfully
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 02:41 PM
Oct 2016

The many assault survivors coming forward have each made me further disgusted and sickened by Trump (which, it goes without saying by this time, takes some doing). We hear often of this sort of sexual assailant, though, although clearly most aren't as well known as he is.

It's another and I think rarer sort of sociopathy that leads even the most minimally functional adult to mock physical handicaps, even imputing mental deficiency to her.

When I read this one, I didn't even try to read it aloud to my wife, because I was too choked up. I just had to hand it to her and let her read it with horror herself.

There's a clear irony, too, because I'd be surprised if any of us here doubt that Ms. Matlin is a hundred times the person he is.

How is it possible that someone millions of people would still vote for as president is the worst human being so many of us even know of?

Lady_Chat

(561 posts)
54. He's so ignorant and cruel. Wonder what his good buddy Sarah Palin thinks about him now
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 02:11 PM
Oct 2016

Sarah was very sensitive about anyone using the word "retarded" because of her youngest son. Wonder how she will react to this, would be very interesting to see.

liberalhistorian

(20,819 posts)
58. As a woman with a hearing impairment
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 11:09 AM
Oct 2016

who's often (almost daily) misunderstood and/or called names because of it, a hearty FUCK YOU to this motherfucking pool of slime. Matlin is an intelligent, kind, funny, multi-talented woman who should scrape Drumpf off her shoe like the dog shit that he is.

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