Jimmy Carr won’t use material from Netflix special at gig after Holocaust controversy
UNDER-fire comic Jimmy Carr will not use any material from his Netflix special at a gig tonight.
That includes a joke about the Holocaust and gypsies that has caused outrage, his management has assured councillors.
Carr, 49, performs at Cambridge Corn Exchange tonight and on March 30 — dates agreed before the row.
City council leader Anna Smith said she shared the outrage, adding: “Genocide is not a subject for mockery”.
She said: “We are committed to working with and supporting marginalised communities.”
During Carr’s gig the venue will be illuminated as a mark of solidarity with the gypsy, Roma and traveller communities and to remember Holocaust victims.
Leaflets about historical and other racism will be distributed.
Carr’s representatives did not comment.
