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Halle Berry has apologised to the Jewish community after she joked that she looked Jewish in a photograph.
The actress was appearing on the Jay Leno show in the US when she showed an enhanced photo of herself with a big nose and commented: "Here's where I look like my Jewish cousin!"
Pregnant Berry then asked TV producers not to air the comments after Leno realised its impropriety. An audience member reportedly said: "Ms. Berry should know how unbelievably inappropriate her comment was. She should be ashamed of herself."
The star apologised yesterday for the remarks, saying: "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.
"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."
The actress was appearing on the Jay Leno show in the US when she showed an enhanced photo of herself with a big nose and commented: "Here's where I look like my Jewish cousin!"
Pregnant Berry then asked TV producers not to air the comments after Leno realised its impropriety. An audience member reportedly said: "Ms. Berry should know how unbelievably inappropriate her comment was. She should be ashamed of herself."
The star apologised yesterday for the remarks, saying: "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.
"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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