Joan Rivers on Heidi Klum/Holocaust Joke: ‘That’s My Humor’
February 28, 2013
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Comedian and fashion commentator Joan Rivers is not apologizing for a joke she made about the Holocaust.
On Monday’s episode of her show "Fashion Police," Rivers talked about the gorgeous dress Heidi Klum wore to a party after the 2013 Academy Awards, cracking, "The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens."
Rivers told “Extra’s” AJ Calloway, “That’s my humor. It reminds people that it happened… you have Mel Gibson saying, ‘There was no Holocaust.’ My husband lost his entire family in Auschwitz.”
The new season of “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?” airs Saturdays at 9:00 PM on WE tv!
On Monday’s episode of her show "Fashion Police," Rivers talked about the gorgeous dress Heidi Klum wore to a party after the 2013 Academy Awards, cracking, "The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens."
Rivers told “Extra’s” AJ Calloway, “That’s my humor. It reminds people that it happened… you have Mel Gibson saying, ‘There was no Holocaust.’ My husband lost his entire family in Auschwitz.”
The new season of “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?” airs Saturdays at 9:00 PM on WE tv!
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WHAT about the AMERICAN past (Native Americans, slavery)?
she's a comedian!
FOR SHAME. There are some things that just aren't funny, and she crossed that line by a mile! Making that kind of crass attempt at a joke about such a horrific tragedy, and then 1) trying to defend it because "My husband lost his entire family in Auschwitz” and 2) "It reminds people that it happened" is insensitive, unkind, and downright ignorant. Seems to me that she needs to retire.