Lily Allen slammed for making ‘deeply offensive’ gag about ‘gypos’ outside London nightclub
The star, 31, was filmed outside a nightclub in London laughing at her own joke which pokes fun at the 'minority group'
LILY Allen has been criticised for poking fun at the travelling community.
The star, 31, was filmed laughing at her own joke about hippos and “gypos”.
“What do you call a hippo that lives in a caravan?," Lily asks.
She then delivers the punchline line: “A gypo.”
A photographer tells her the gag is “racial", to which she replies: It’s gypsist.”
The incident took place outside Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in central London, in 2008.
Cliff Codona, of the National Traveller Action Group, said: “Her comments are stupid.
"You would expect someone in the public eye, especially in front of so many cameras, to hold back from poking fun at a minority group like ours who already face discrimination.
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“She is a successful, educated person, in a position of public attention and I would expect her to know better than to throw insults at people that she feels are below her.
“I would like her to apologise for what she has said and to realise that it is deeply offensive it is to make jokes about our community.”
Lily Allen was also accused of using “crocodile tears” to boost her career this week while at the Jungle migrant camp in Calais.
The singer took it upon herself to say sorry “on behalf of my country” to an Afghan teen trying to reach the UK.
Colonel Richard Kemp, a British commander in Afghanistan in 2003, said: “What is she doing there? She clearly does not have any understanding of the situation.
“The refugee is in a safe country and the French have an obligation to look after him. I find it enormously insulting. She does not represent us.”
