Autism smackdown! Celebs square off over brain disorder
Denis Leary pulled the first punch. The actor wrote in his new book that the autism diagnosis helps “explain away the deficiencies of junior morons.” Ouch!
Actress Holly Robinson Peete, who has an autistic son, quickly fired back and hit him where it hurt. The comedian, she said, just isn’t funny: “Autism is a very bad punchline.”
Denis quickly tried to surrender and issued a statement to Us Weekly magazine saying that his comments were taken out of context from his book, “Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid.”
Oh yeah, whatever. Actress Jenny McCarthy wasn’t going to let him get off that easily. Denis is “obviously stupid,” the Playboy Playmate turned autism activist told Access Hollywood. “This community has been through so much and to compare and use the world ‘dumb-ass lazy’ with autism, it’s just not fair.”
Crawl away while you still can, Denis.
