Speaking at the Edinburgh Film Festival, the star said her not working for five years after the 2004 incident was merely about 'people covering their backsides.'
reflected on the time she was left out in the entertainment wilderness after a joke about President George W. Bush backfired in 2004.
Icon Interview, she said that her career came to a “gigantic halt” after the infamous incident, which saw her lose several gigs and not work for five years until Barbara Walters hired her for“I would describe that situation as a lot of people covering their backsides, because the joke was never about him,” she said. “But no one ever stood up and said, ‘Hey, here’s what actually happened.’ And they put it in the newspaper.
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