Popular comedienne and TV talk host Joan Rivers managed to get herself on the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) bad side -- with a butt joke -- the Newser website reports today (February 28, 2013).
Speaking about how Heidi Klum (a German-American) looked in her Oscars dress, Rivers, 79, noted on her TV show: "The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens."
The ADL was quick to call the joke "vulgar and offensive to Jews and Holocaust survivors, and indeed to all Americans," adding, "Of all people, Joan Rivers should know better."
Rivers -- who is Jewish herself -- would not apologize. "My husband lost the majority of his family at Auschwitz, and I can assure you that I have always made it a point to remind people of the Holocaust through humor," was her response to the ADL denunciation.
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