Jimmy Carr caused an uproar after he made a joke about a deaf woman during his performance at a theatre.
Some people called his joke offensive and said that it insulted the woman.
According to Carly Ahlen, a 44-year-old woman, the comedian targeted individuals who have a hard time living. She said that he picked her up from the audience after asking why she was wearing the beret.
She said that he then exposed her hearing aid using her right hand.
She was hoping that he would be a decent individual and would move on. However, after he made the joke, she felt like she was being treated like a “sitting deaf duck.”
She said that she was using a phone app to read what was happening during the comedian’s performance. He then asked her if she was planning on calling the French Resistance.
According to her, he started talking about how one can say anything about individuals who can’t hear you, and she was stunned.
She said that even though comedy is a great tool for advancing social change, Jimmy decided to use it to target people who have a hard time living.
She called his joke vile and said that it was not acceptable. She added that she had spent a long time feeling ashamed of her hearing loss due to the stigma attached to it.
Jimmy is no stranger to being criticized for his controversial jokes.
He was criticized in 2019 for making jokes about female genital mutilation and fat women while he was filming a comedy show.
In 2022, he made another controversial joke about the Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities. In 2018, he had also made a joke about hearing loss, which some people found offensive.