LA – The Anti-Defamation League called on “Fashion Police” host Joan Rivers to apologize for a Holocaust reference she made on the show about German-born model Heidi Klum.
On the E! show “Fashion Police” Monday, Rivers said, “The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens.”
The ADL says in a press release that the segment has been shown at least four times on the network and appeared briefly on YouTube.
“It is vulgar and offensive for anybody to use the death of six million Jews and millions of others in the Holocaust to make a joke, but this is especially true for someone who is Jewish and who proudly and publicly wears her Jewishness on her sleeve,” the ADL said of Rivers.
At press time, “Fashion Police” had not responded to a request for comment.
