Jennifer Aniston:'R-Word' Slip Causes Controversy

Former “Friends” actress Jennifer Aniston appears to have caused a bit of controversy recently, after she let the r-word slip during an interview with Regis Philbin and Kristin Cruz. If you didn’t watch the interview and are now wondering what the r-word is, it’s the word “retard.”

According to a recent article by Meg G at associatedcontent.com, the actress was speaking about her recent Harpers Baazar photo shoot at the time, when Regis asked her a question on how she got herself into the mood to embody Barbara Streisand for the photos.

Aniston’s reply was that she plays dress up for a living like a retard. This “slip” is the exact thing that has a lot of people talking. You can read more via associatedcontent.com. What do you think of Jennifer using the word “retard”?

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Yeardley Love

A report by the Charlottesville Newsplex suggests that landlord Woodard Properties re-rented the apartment of slain UVA student Yeardley Love with no warning to the new occupants about the place’s tragic history. This raises intriguing questions about crime, memory, and real estate. Then Hook reporter Lindsay Barnes examined the real estate aftermath of heinous crime in an article he penned in the wake of the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech’s Norris Hall.

Hook Senior Editor Courteney Stuart also addressed this issue in a story after the murder of Jayne McGowan.

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