Comic slammed after defending accused child killer Lindsay Clancy

British stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr is copping heavy backlash online after taking a turn away from his signature dark punchlines to weigh in on one of America’s most tragic crime cases.During a live stand-up show, the 54-year-old comic addressed the crowd on the subject of Lindsay Clancy — the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children before attempting to take her own life while reportedly experiencing postpartum psychosis.A video shared to Instagram shows Carr responding to a crowd shoutout, asking, “Lindsay Clancy? Is that the lady that killed her babies?”Instead of landing a joke, Carr adopted a serious tone to argue that public outrage often ignores the realities of mental illness.“I think that it’s a very complex thing to talk to, because I think most people see the headline ‘Woman kills babies’ and they go, ‘Oh, she’s a monster, we should kill her,’” Carr said to the audience.“Because they don’t understand what postnatal depression is, and they don’t understand what psychosis is.”Carr went on to claim that many women who have struggled with post-partum mental health feel a sense of empathy toward Ms Clancy’s case.“A lot of women that have looked over the cliff that she fell down feel an empathy because they feel like that could have been them,” Carr said.“She went mad … She’s not evil, she went f**king mad, and a terrible thing happened.”He then sparked further debate by taking aim at double standards in media coverage, adding that “if a man had killed three kids, it wouldn’t have made the local f–king paper.But women, we just expect … we factor in incredibly kind and generous”.Carr’s comments regarding Lindsay Clancy have left fans and commentators online divided, with social media users clashing over whether his remarks on the horrific tragedy were okay.Many people were slamming Carr’s comments, with someone claiming they were “utterly disappointed” by his stance.“Wors...