deflect

He says it in a jokey way, as people tend to do when trying to deflect from a serious and emotionally difficult topic.

Still, a fifth-round pick in last April’s draft, sparked the defense in the third quarter by leaping to deflect a pass in the end zone and batting it to safety Elijah Molden.

Co-star Meredith Marks says that Gay “uses humor to deflect from her own pain.”

In his response on Sunday, he similarly deflected, instead describing the experience of working at that McDonald’s as “beautiful.”

Later, it was Allred's turn to dodge, repeatedly deflecting questions over why he now supports expanding a barrier at the southern border after previously saying that former President Donald Trump's proposed border wall was "racist."