Not everyone is amused by Russell Brand’s humor.
The British comic was booted from Tuesday night’s GQ Men of the Year Awards after-party in London over a routine that slammed corporate sponsor Hugo Boss for its World War II-era ties to the Nazis.
“If anyone knows a bit about history and fashion, you know it was Hugo Boss, who made uniforms for the Nazis,” Brand said of the German fashion house that paid $390,000 toward the event, according to Britain’s Daily Mirror.
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“But they looked f---- amazing, let's face it, while they were killing people on the basis of their religion and sexuality."
The 38-year-old “Get Him to the Greek” star, who took home an award at the event, punctuated his routine with some goosestepping.
Brand was ejected from the party at the Royal Opera House shortly afterwards, London’s Sun reported.
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Hugo Boss has in recent years tried to distance itself from its founding designer’s ties to Adolf Hitler’s government as the official uniform supplier of Nazi forces.
In 2011, the company publically expressed “its profound regret to those who suffered harm or hardship at the factory run by Hugo Ferdinand Boss under National Socialist rule.”
American actor Jeremy Piven, himself Jewish, poked fun at Brand’s antics when he presented an award later.
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“This event is going on longer than my bar mitzvah and I’ve been sitting in the corner sweating like a Hebrew slave,” he said.
“So thank you, Russell, for pointing out the people that killed six million of my people.”
But Russell himself got the last word on Twitter Wednesday:
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