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Oscar winner Marlee Matlin has given the brains behind irreverent U.S. cartoon series Family Guy the Ok to make fun of her hearing disability - because it's humorous.

The deaf star has been the brunt of cruel gags on the comedy series and now she's come forward insisting she has no problems with writer/creator Seth MacFarlane's politically incorrect barbs - and she urges others to find humour in the jokes.

Matlin even appeared on MacFarlane's recent U.S. TV variety show, Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, to prove she has no problems with the TV mogul's off-colour humour.

She walked onstage during a skit in which MacFarlane's sidekick Alex Borstein was impersonating the actress singing Lady GaGa's Poker Face and pretended to be furious. After berating the comedienne and poking fun at her, Matlin gave Borstein the finger, screamed "F**k off" and stormed off.

An she says she has no problems with Family Guy's mockery: "It was sick. It was twisted. It was rude. But the day we censor humour is a sad one, for sure. All I gotta say is, 'Lighten up, people!'"

The Children of a Lesser God star admits she has no idea what's being said when the characters on the show poke fun at her - because "I can't read their lips."...

An infant's unwavering devotion to matricide—good. Jokes about incest and deaf people—now that, according to Microsoft, is crossing the line. Doing absolutely nothing to fight its uncool reputation, the software giant has pulled out of sponsoring Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, what would have been an otherwise ad-free variety special from Stewie mastermind Seth MacFarlane. In exchange for the corporate backing, the show would have woven promotions for Windows 7, Microsoft's latest operating system, into the program. But after some Microsoft bigwigs attended the live taping of the special on Oct. 16—and heard jokes about deaf people, the Holocaust, incest...

Microsoft has canceled its sponsorship of Seth MacFarlane's upcoming variety special, citing content concerns, Variety reports.

The software giant had forged a deal with MacFarlane and his collaborator Alex Borstein for the Nov. 8 special, Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, to promote its new Windows 7 operating system. It stipulated that the special would air commercial-free but with Windows 7 pitches embedded ...

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Apparently the folks at Microsoft have never seen an episode of "Family Guy."

The software giant Monday confirmed that it's pulled its exclusive sponsorship of next month's "Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show." The reason, according to Variety.com: Microsoft was shocked....shocked the half-hour special would feature so much risque content.

"We initially chose to participate in the Seth and Alex variety show based on the audience composition and creative humor of 'Family Guy,' but after reviewing an early version of the varie...