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Jimmy Carr has come under fire this week for his sickening Holocaust 'joke in his Dark Materials Netflix special.

Jimmy Carr's 'racist' joke removed from his Netflix special His Dark Material.The stand-up show dropped to the streaming service in December but last week, Jimmy faced strong backlash when a clip from the special went viral for all the wrong reasons.A clip shared by Facebook user Alfie Best sees the 49-year-old comedian make light of the 'thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis', jokingly referring to the deaths as "the positives" of the Holocaust.Jimmy said: "When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of 6 million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine."But they never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis."No one ever wants to talk about that, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives."The 8 Out of 10 Cats presenter has since been condemned by anti-hate groups including the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, the Auschwitz Memorial and Hope Not Hate.His words have been additionally criticised by British prime minister Boris Johnson, health secretary Sajid Javid, comedian David Baddiel and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding's Paddy Doherty.Pleas for Netflix to take down the special or edit out the joke have also gone unanswered, leading The Traveller Movement to create an online petition.The ActionStorm petition, titled 'Jimmy Carr: The Genocide of Roma is Not a Laughing Matter', pleads with the streamer to remove the offending His Dark Material clip.Arguing that Jimmy's joke was "nothing short of a celebration of genocide", the petition has already been signed by over 16,000 people - with an overall target of 25,000 signatures.A description reads: "We appreciate that comedy is subjective but in our view when punchlines are indistinguishable from

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BORIS Johnson today branded Jimmy Carr’s bad-taste Holocaust joke "deeply disturbing" but stopped short of calling for his show to be axed. The under-fire funny man, 49 has been blasted for a sick joke about the genocide, with Downing Street wading in to condemn the gag.

Jimmy Carr has broken his silence on the backlash received from his latest Netflix special and said he's prepared to "go down swinging" while performing at his Terribly Funny Show on Saturday night.The 49-year-old, who recently sparked outrage over his controversial comments on the Holocaust confessed that his career may be over but he will still go out all guns blazing.During Jimmy's contentious Netflix show, His Dark Material, the comic suggested the mass murder of "thousands" of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people was "positive" during the Nazi regime.But despite the public outcry, Jimmy still went ahead with his ongoing comedy tour and told an audience on Saturday that they were speaking "in the last chance saloon", according to The Mirror.Opening the show, the star made comments on the non-binary community and how he could cause offence in his intro.He said: "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Look at that, I've already upset the non-binary community."That has to be a f***ing record."He later added: "We are speaking my friends in the last chance saloon."What I am saying on stage this evening is barely acceptable now.

Jimmy Carr reportedly addressed the controversy surrounding his joke about Roma and Sinti people during his stand-up show last night. The 8 Out Of 10 Cats star headlined a performance at Whitley Bay Playhouse on Saturday as the backlash continued to mount around the joke in his Netflix special, His Dark Material, which was released in December 2021. In the special, Carr says people ‘never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis’ in the Holocaust, because ‘no one ever wants to talk about the positives’.The comedian has faced severe backlash from Traveller and Roma charities, anti-fascist organisations and even several MPs.According to The Mirror, a woman in the audience heckled Carr on Saturday and asked: ‘Are we going to talk about the Holocaust?’ to which the comic replied: ‘We are going to talk about cancel culture, the whole thing. ‘We are going to talk about f***ing everything people. Relax.’ He reportedly continued: ‘We are speaking my friends in the last chance saloon.

Netflix special His Dark Material, comic Jimmy Carr made an offensive joke about the massacre of "gypsies" which led to accusations he was "celebrating" the murder of "one of the most marginalised groups in society". Addressing his potentially "career-ending" blunder poking fun at the victims of Nazi war crimes, Jimmy took to the stage last night and announced his belief that he would be "cancelled".The 8 Out of 10 Cats host had earlier joked on Netflix: "When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of six million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine, but they never mention the thousands of gypsies that were killed by the Nazis.“No one ever talks about that because no one wants to talk about the positives.”Horrified viewers saw the boundary-breaking joke as off-limits because it targeted the tragic genocide of several million people - both the Jewish community and the Romani and Sinti members of the travelling community.The aftermath of the joke's release was a tense time that saw even his friends in the celebrity world turn against him, with David Baddiel describing him as "indefensible".However, Jimmy showed up as planned for a performance at the Whitley Bay Playhouse near Newcastle, and let rip about cancel culture.One heckler in the audience keen for him to address the disastrous Netflix show called out: "Are we going to talk about the holocaust?" only for Jimmy to respond: "We are going to talk about cancel culture, the whole thing."We are going to talk about f***ing everything people.

JIMMY Carr has broken his silence after facing a huge backlash over a joke about the genocide of gypsies in the holocaust. Taking to the stage last night for a stand-up show at the Whitley Bay Playhouse, Jimmy told the audience "the joke that ends my career is already out there." It comes after the comedian's His Dark Materials Netflix special saw him joke the mass murder of Romani and Sinti people during World War II was a positive thing.

David Baddiel has described Jimmy Carr’s joke about Roma and Sinti people being murdered in the Holocaust as ‘indefensible’.Baddiel, 57, spoke out against his ‘close friend’ after Carr’s Holocaust joke, taken from his Netflix special, went viral in recent days.In the special, which was released on Christmas Day 2021, Carr says people ‘never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis’ in the Holocaust, because ‘no one ever wants to talk about the positives’.Carr, 49, who himself described the joke as a ‘career-ender’, has faced severe backlash from Traveller and Roma charities, anti-fascist organisations and even several MPs.Now fellow stand-up comedian Baddiel, who is Jewish, says Carr’s joke was ‘cruel and inhumane’.Writing on Twitter, Baddiel recalled telling audiences during his Trolls: Not The Dolls Tour: ‘You can obviously tell a Holocaust joke that is cruel and inhumane and mean-spirited and racist.‘Or you can tell one that targets the oppressors, or draws attention to the fundamental evil of it, or shines a light on the humanity of the victims.’He added: ‘Clearly, Jimmy’s was the former.’In the Twitter thread, he described Jimmy as ‘a close friend of mine and a brilliant stand-up in general’.However, he said, how he feels about Jimmy ‘makes no difference to how I feel or think about this specific joke’.Baddiel argued that ‘it’s not the subject matter of a joke’ that causes it to be indefensible but ‘the specifics of the individual joke’.He referred to an old joke by comedian Devorah Baum on a Holocaust survivor meeting God after their death, and said, ‘unlike Jimmy’s I think [it is] defensible]’.This is the joke I was leading to, which is, unlike Jimmy’s, I think defensible.

BIG Fat Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty wants police to investigate Jimmy Carr for joking about the mass murder of gypsies during the holocaust. The comedian has faced a huge backlash over the offensive gag with many branding it racist. Paddy said the star crossed a line by making the deaths of an estimated 1.5million Romani gypsies the punchline to a joke.

Netflix gag was an insult to the memory of 1. 5 million members of the travelling community estimated to have been killed. The My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star told the Sunday Mirror yesterday: “He should be investigated by the police.

has recently gone viral, and Netflix is now facing pressure to remove the segment.Many have criticised Carr for the joke, but Only Connect star Coren-Mitchell took to Twitter to defend him.‘While I’m here, might take a moment to mention I also love @JimmyCarr, a close friend who’s made about a thousand jokes I wouldn’t make myself, as a stage performer, but as a man is full of goodness and kindness,’ she said, before adding: ‘He’s a properly decent person.’Some fans were unimpressed with her comment, with one follower asking: ‘Do you think you would be similarly quick to defend him if he’d made a joke defending the murder of Jews in the Holocaust?’While Iâm here, might take a moment to mention I also love @JimmyCarr, a close friend whoâs made about a thousand jokes I wouldnât make myself, as a stage performer, but as a man is full of goodness and kindness. Heâs a properly decent person.Anyway, ROBOBUNNY.Coren-Mitchell responded: ‘Yes.

Netflix special, he compared the comedian to Jimmy Saville and called out the joke he'd made at the expense of "the most hated community in the world".The latest Jimmy Carr special, His Dark Material, came with a trigger warning as it was loaded with jokes that had the potential to be offensive and upsetting.However, a backlash began over one in particular that poked fun at Jews and travellers simultaneously.The 8 Out of 10 Cats comedian had said: "When people talk about the Holocaust they talk about the tragedy of six million lives being lost to the Nazi war machine, but they never mention the thousands of Gypsies killed by the Nazis, because no one wants to talk about the positives."Seemingly oblivious to the joke's poor taste, the audience erupted into laughter and applause.However, this was one insult Paddy wasn't about to simply laugh off."How this fella has turned this into a joke is beyond me... it's disgusting, on a different level," he exclaimed."Travellers...

Netflix special, Jimmy, 49, is seen mocking the deaths of thousands of gypsies at the hands of Nazis — saying it was “positive”.After the clip sparked anger on social media, Jewish star David, 57, spoke out and posted a statement that read: “You can obviously tell a Holocaust joke that is cruel and inhumane and mean-spirited and racist.“Or you can tell one that targets the oppressors, or draws attention to the fundamental evil of it, or shines and light on the humanity of the victims.”David then added: “It’s not the subject matter of the joke that counts, it’s the specifics of the individual joke. Clearly, Jimmy Carr’s was the former.”Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has branded the joke “abhorrent” and warned the Government will take action to stop streaming services showing offensive content.Speaking on BBC Breakfast, she said: “We are looking at legislation via the Media Bill which would bring into scope those comments from other video on-demand streaming outlets like Netflix.“So it’s interesting that we’re already looking at future legislation to bring into scope those sort of comments.”Dorries insisted the move is not about censoring comedy.She added: “Jimmy Carr’s comments, no one can call that snowflake or wokeishness.

Jimmy Carr's jokes about the Holocaust were met with a fierce backlash.At the beginning of his one-hour Netflix special His Dark Material, Carr warned his performance contained “terrible things”.Carr joked about the horror of the Holocaust and “six million Jewish lives being lost” and made a disparaging remark about the deaths of thousands of gypsies at the hands of the Nazis.Ms Dorries has told how the Government is examining new laws would “hold Netflix to account” for such content. She said said on BBC Breakfast on February 5: “We are looking at legislation via the Media Bill which would bring into scope those comments from other video on-demand streaming outlets like Netflix.

Times Radio to talk about the Online Safety Bill, Dorries was asked about Jimmy Carr’s “disgusting” joke about the holocaust, where he refers to the death of thousands of travellers killed by the Nazis as a “positive”.Dorries explained that changes to the Online Safety Bill, which will make online harassment and abuse a criminal offence carrying jail sentences of up to five years, wouldn’t cover Carr’s comments because it doesn’t cover On-Demand services like Netflix because they are “separately carved out of this bill.”She went on to add that “we are looking at a future bill coming forward soon, looking at measures to bring into scope organisations like Netflix because what Jimmy Carr said was both shocking and abhorrent and unacceptable.”Nadine Dorries says a bill to regulate video on demand platforms will follow the online safety bill "very shortly".The culture secretary gave her reaction to comments made about the Holocaust by Jimmy Carr on his Netflix special.@jennykleeman | @lukejones03 | @NadineDorries pic.twitter.com/TF1qzPCw3O— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) February 5, 2022She then added: ‘We don’t have the ability now, legally, to hold Netflix to account for streaming that but very shortly we will.”In a separate interview with Sky News, Dorries said that the proposed Media Bill would look to “make the kind of comments that Jimmy Carr made, subject to a new law which would impose sanctions on those organisations.”In 2017, Dorries tweeted that “left-wing snowflakes are killing comedy”. Speaking on BBC Breakfast, she responded that “What Jimmy Carr did last night is not comedy.

Jimmy Carr has been condemned by anti-hate groups including the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for an 'appalling' joke.The 49-year-old comedian's Netflix special His Dark Material dropped to the streaming service in December but recently drew ire after a clip from the show was shared online by Facebook user Alfie Best.In the joke, Jimmy makes light of the 'thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis', jokingly referring to the deaths as being "the positives" of the devastating Holocaust.Jimmy said: "When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of 6 million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine. "But they never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis.“No one ever wants to talk about that, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives."His words have since been condemned by the Auschwitz Memorial, Hope Not Hate and the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.In a statement on Friday, its chief executive Olivia Marks-Woldman, said: "We are absolutely appalled at Jimmy Carr's comment about persecution suffered by Roma and Sinti people under Nazi oppression, and horrified that gales of laughter followed his remarks."Hundreds of thousands of Roma and Sinti people suffered prejudice, slave labour, sterilisation and mass murder simply because of their identity – these are not experiences for mockery."Jimmy rounded out his joke in the special by claiming it had "educational quality".He added: "It's a joke about the worst thing that's ever happened in human history, and people say 'never forget', well this is how I remember."There is an educational quality.

Netflix special His Dark Material.In the stand-up special, released on December 25 last year, the comedian refers to the death of thousands of travellers killed by the Nazis as a “positive”.“When people talk about the Holocaust, they talk about the tragedy and horror of six million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine,” Carr said. “But they never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis.