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Paddy Doherty compares Jimmy Carr to Jimmy Saville for 'disgusting' Holocaust joke
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...