Jimmy Carr has been condemned for making a “truly disturbing” joke about the travelling community and the Holocaust.
The comedian – famed for his stand-up and appearing on TV show 8 Out Of 10 Cats – issued a “trigger warning” to audiences at the start of the one-hour Netflix special, His Dark Material.
Carr, 49, admitted the performance contained “terrible things” and a synopsis of the programme – which debuted on Christmas Day – says some of the jokes are “career enders”.
He joked about the horrors of the Holocaust and “six million Jewish lives being lost” in a widely-seen clip.
As a punchline, he made a derogatory remark about the deaths of thousands of Gypsies at the hands of the Nazis.
In a tweet, charity The Traveller Movement – which works in partnership with the travelling community to challenge discrimination and promote inclusion – criticised Carr for “celebrating genocide” in segments of his show.
“This is truly disturbing and goes way beyond humour,”…