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Sara-Aisha Kent

Jimmy Carr faces boycott as petition gets over 14000 signatures after Netflix backlash

Thousands of people have signed a petition urging Netflix to remove Jimmy Carr’s latest stand-up special.

The comic, 49, sparked outrage in his new Netflix show His Dark Materials show by making a sickening remark about the Holocaust.

In the clip, he tells an ill-judged quip referencing the murder of up to half a million Roma and Sinti people by the Nazi regime - which has led to enraged viewers wanting the clip removed off the streaming giant's site.

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