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Katherine Heslop

Jimmy Carr returns to Twitter after backlash over Holocaust joke on Netflix show

Comedian Jimmy Carr has returned to Twitter following fury over comments he made about the Holocaust.

The 49-year-old has been absent from the social media site since February 4, after controversy surrounding a joke he made in his Netflix special, His Dark Material.

In comments that sparked condemnation at the start of the month, the presenter said that people "never mention the thousands of Gypsies killed by the Nazis" because "no one wants to talk about the positives."

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