Katherine Ryan addresses 'pressure' on comics as she refuses to comment on Jimmy Carr

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Jimmy Carr on many shows including 8 out of 10 Cats and Your Face Or Mine? Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk about the "pressure" comedians are under, including Jimmy.The comic was quizzed if the hate Jimmy had received was understandable or had people taking the situation too far.Katherine replied: "I mean, I can’t comment on any specific situation but I definitely know that comedians tell jokes and have different styles."I think that right now there seems to be a lot of pressure against a certain genre of comedy."So it isn’t about this job or that job because I think, at this point if a few jokes from that special have been in the press, it's like you’re offended by all of it or you’re offended by none of it as far I’m concerned."There was backlash in response to Jimmy's Netflix show, His Dark Material.On the show, he said: "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 wants to talk about that, because no one ever wants to talk about the positives."The statement prompted laughter and clapping from the audience.However, worldwide Jimmy has been faced with lots of criticism from many for his outrageous comment.The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, a charity founded by the government to support the UK's national commemoration day, has said that the jokes were "abhorrent".The 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.