{"id":292057,"date":"2024-02-27T06:03:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/life-goes-on-star-chris-burke-defends-shane-gillis-snl-down-syndrome-jokes"},"modified":"2024-02-27T06:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:03:50","slug":"life-goes-on-star-chris-burke-defends-shane-gillis-snl-down-syndrome-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/life-goes-on-star-chris-burke-defends-shane-gillis-snl-down-syndrome-jokes","title":{"rendered":"'Life Goes On' Star Chris Burke Defends Shane Gillis 'SNL' Down Syndrome Jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chris Burke<\/strong>, who has Down Syndrome, is defending Shane Gillis<\/strong><\/a> over the comedian’s polarizing monologue on “Saturday Night Live” … he’s got no issues with Shane making Down Syndrome jokes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The “Life Goes On” star tells TMZ … people with Down Syndrome are just like everybody else and shouldn’t be excluded from being joked about by comedians.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Chris, the first actor with Down Syndrome to star in a TV series, says it would actually be more offensive for comedians to exclude people with Down Syndrome from being the subjects of jokes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Shane spent the majority of his 8-minute monologue poking fun<\/strong><\/a> at his family … including a niece who has Down Syndrome … and he mostly glossed over the 2019 scandal<\/strong><\/a> that got him fired from ‘SNL.’<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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