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'Family Guy' Actress Responds To Sarah Palin's Criticism
Andrea Fay Friedman, the voice actress who played the role of Ellen the character depicted as having Down syndrome on the Valentines Day episode of Family Guy, has responded to the criticism of sometime-Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Of special significance, Friedman herself has Down syndrome. Palingates has Friedmans complete response:
My name is Andrea Fay Friedman. I was born with Down syndrome. I played the role of Ellen on the Extra Large Medium episode of Family Guy that was broadcast on Valentines day. Although they gave me red hair on the show, I am really a blonde. I also wore a red wig for my role in Smudge but I was a blonde in Life Goes On. I guess former Governor Palin does not have a sense of humor. I thought the line I am the daughter of the former governor of Alaska was very funny. I think the word is sarcasm.
In my family we think laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life. 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.