Jimmy Carr backed by Channel 4 despite comic fearing travellers joke could end career
dailystar.co.ukJimmy Carr - despite the comic fearing his gypsy genocide joke could kill off his career. Channel 4 chiefs have signed up the funnyman for a second series of his game show I Literally Just Told You.Announcing a new run of eight episodes the broadcaster’s chief content officer Ian Katz said Carr did a brilliant job as host and defended the right of comedians to make offensive jokes."If they can’t, then comedy is dead," he said."Jimmy hasn’t espoused any views that are at odds with C4 values and just as we as a broadcaster exist to serve and represent a wide range of communities we should always be home to the widest range of voices."Last month Carr, 49, told a live audience the gag that will end his career was "already out there" amid a public backlash after he joked in a Netflix special "nobody talks about the positives" in reference to the Nazi Holocaust murders of thousands of travellers.Ian, 54, said Channel 4 would not have aired the joke for fear of falling foul of the Ofcom broadcasting code.But the furore has not stopped them commissioning a new run of the show - created by Richard Bacon - in which contestants answer questions about what is going on during the filming many of which are written on the spot.There will be two celebrity specials.Fawlty Towers star John Cleese, 82, is making a documentary for the channel about so-called "cancel culture".Comedian Katherine Ryan recently defended Jimmy at the National Comedy Awards.She took home the award for Best Female Entertainment Performance at ceremony and she thanked Jimmy for helping her career during her acceptance speech."It will be 10 years in May since I first appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats, well most of me first appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats."And I loved when.
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