Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. The second mention was in defense of the first, not to explain away or repeat a joke.
"He got shot down in New Guinea and they never found the body because there used to be - there were a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea.”
That’s the full context, and obviously not a joke. Adding the interjection “for real” shows that he’s trying to convince the audience this was something that actually happened. It didn’t. He embellishes his and his family’s life with bullshit stories like that all the time. This one is nothing new.
Originally Posted by CreatedInSpace
Spot on and well said. How can any leftists seriously defend and excuse this crazy talk