Comedian Jimmy Carr should not be allowed to perform in Cardiff after he made and failed to apologise for comments about the Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller community, according to Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price. The TV star's rescheduled Terribly Funny show is due to take place at Cardiff's St David's Hall on March 28.
In his Netflix special His Dark Material Carr said: "When people talk about the Holocaust they talk about the tragedy and horror of six million Jewish lives being lost to the Nazi war machine. But they never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis. No-one ever wants to talk about that because no-one ever wants to talk about the positives."
It was widely condemned by charities and politicians. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust – a charity founded by the government to support the UK’s national commemoration day – said the jokes were "abhorrent". A Cardiff Welsh Romani Gypsy family recently shared the vile abuse they shared.
