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(49,122 posts) Thu Oct 13, 2016, 08:24 PM Oct 2016

Donald Trump Called Deaf ‘Apprentice’ Marlee Matlin ‘Retarded’ [View all]

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’ [View all] 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

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