Joan Rivers is being blasted by the Anti-Defamation League for a Holocaust joke aimed at German-born Heidi Klum.
The comedian was covering the Oscars during a segment of E! Fashion Police on Monday and did some trash talking about the sexy supermodel who was rocking a decidedly revealing Julien Macdonald dress at Elton John’s Academy Awards party.
Rivers said, “The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens.”
ADL director Abraham H. Foxman, a Holocaust survivor, released a statement indicating the remark was “vulgar and offensive to Jews and Holocaust survivors.” The watchdog group exec. further criticized co-hosts Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne and George Kotsiopoulos because they were “doubled over in laughter” at Joan’s zinger.
The controversial comic wasn’t feeling the least bit apologetic. She remarked, “My husband lost the majority of his family at Auschwitz, and I can assure you that I have always made it a point to remind people of the Holocaust through humor.”
During a TV interview on HLN, the show host asked her if she planned to apologize. She screwed up her face and said, “Apologize for what? Why don’t you worry about Mel Gibson?”
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