Oliver riles Germans with joke on Holocaust
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.The television chef Jamie Oliver has angered German viewers by making a jocular remark about the Holocaust when objecting to complaints from Germany about how he gassed chicks on the Channel 4 programme Jamie's Fowl Dinners.
At the Edinburgh International Television Conference, Oliver was talking about the response to Fowl Dinners. "We had a lot of complaints about the gassing of chicks from the Germans," he said. "This has gone all round the world and the one country that had a problem with it... I thought f****** hell!"
Several Germans were in the audience and it was said to be noticeable that some responded with an uncomfortable silence.
One of the people at the lecture, the German writer Udo Seiwert-Fauti, said: "I wanted to stand up and say: 'Hey, after 65 years why do you need to bring that up?' I was shocked."
A spokesman for Oliver said the chef had not meant to cause offence and hoped Germans would forgive him.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments