Andrea Fay Friedman, an actress who played the girl with Down’s Syndrome in an episode of “Family Guy” that was heavily criticized by Sarah Palin and her daughter, has shot back at the former Alaska governor for not having “a sense of humor.”
Friedman, who is perhaps best known for roles on “Life Goes On” (as Corky’s love interest) and “Saving Grace,” has Down’s Syndrome herself.
She wrote an Email to the New York Times blasting Palin, saying she thought the episode was funny and “I think the word is sarcasm.” Palin said of the episode that it had to be the work of “cruel, cold-hearted people.” Daughter Bristol said the writers were “heartless jerks.”
Friedman, 39, went on to say that in her family “We were taught laughing is a good thing. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life.”
The Internet is rife with parts of the letter the Times reportedly chose not to print.
In one section, Friedman reportedly wrote “My mother did not carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French bread the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around looking for sympathy and votes.”
