Halle Berry Apologizes for Jewish ‘Slur’
Actress Halle Berry has been forced to issue a public apology after making an apparent anti-Semitic joke on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. During the taping for Friday’s show, the Oscar-winning star was showing Leno distorted images of herself on a computer, when she said: “Here’s where I look like my Jewish cousin!” as a picture of her with a large nose appeared.
When the joke received no laughs from the audience, Leno quipped, “I’m glad you said that and not me” - Berry requested the footage be scrapped. However, an audience member tells New York gossip column, PageSix, “Ms. Berry should know how unbelievably inappropriate her comment was. She should be ashamed of herself.” But Berry insists she did not intend to cause offence. She says, “I so didn’t mean to offend anybody - and after the show I realised it could be seen as offensive, so I asked Jay to take it out, and he did.
“What happened was I was backstage before the show and I have three girls who are Jewish who work for me. We were going through pictures to see which ones looked silly, and one of my Jewish friends said (of the big-nose picture), ‘That could be your Jewish cousin!’ And I guess it was fresh in my mind, and it just came out of my mouth. But I didn’t mean to offend anybody. I didn’t. I didn’t mean any harm.” The scene was cut from the show.
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Elle says:
In the immortal words of Judge Judy:”Beauty fades dumb is forever”.
Maximabella says:
who cares, its funny!
the truth says:
Halle Berry, someone who feigns publicly approved attitude: 1-USED to be black (now only in movies, how convenient…) 2-Famously exploded at a London radio show host as he tried to breakdance joking “now I’m a big black guy” by shooting back “Oh No!!!We Have A Racist Here!!! making a WORLDWIDE fuss about and it acting like she got shot, 3-Has forever said she always dreamed as a kid of just taking a pill and becoming white to the point she needed psychiatric help ever since 9 years old, 4-Lamented longing to be a mom but hadn’t ’cause, we know; even in the good years with her gorgeous husbands, a Yankee player and a Grammy winner, they weren’t good enough to have kids with because 5_Her sperm bank threat (Meaning: wouldn’t UNTIL she find “perfect” Nordic genes, even a 10yrs younger she’d gladly support and promote). We all know she would have turned the world UPSIDE DOWN if someone made a joke about a big african american black nose!!! - And still the media finds reasons to workship this c*nt!!!
Lemon says:
Ok - I agree, think twice before speaking, but all this PC crap and walking on eggshells is getting out of control!
Beth says:
I agree with Lemon. People make mistakes. Sounds like she realized her mistake and did what she could to fix it. Move on.
NUFF SAID says:
If that were a white person making a black comment they would be marching in the streets protesting about racism..Where is the irreverent Al Sharpton now! BIGOT!!