“It wasn’t funny and hit pretty badly.”
Well, this week’s episode “No Strings Attached” is drawing controversy for including an anti-Semitic joke that aired on January 27, which is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
It happened during a scene in which Anthony attended dinner at Charlotte’s house with his new date, who responded, “Oh, is this a Jewish dinner?” after Charlotte mentioned challah.
He then said, “You know the Holocaust is a hoax, right?”
@macantone screaming GET OUT! is my new everything. I will be screaming that for everything.😆😂🤣😂 ☠️
HBO Max / Via Twitter: @win_clouds
Holocaust denial is a gross, anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that asserts the Holocaust never happened or was exaggerated.
Anthony then screamed, “Get out!”
The episode aired on Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to “honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides,” according to The Holocaust Museum website.
@macantone screaming GET OUT! is my new everything. I will be screaming that for everything.😆😂🤣😂 ☠️
HBO Max / Via Twitter: @win_clouds
People were not thrilled with the joke or timing:
The irony that this came out on Holocaust Remembrance Day… it was not planned but how fitting. https://t.co/eclQARTOtt
HBO Max / Via Twitter: @macantone
Did anyone else find the Holocaust comment in this week’s episode of #AJLT to be extremely random and unnecessary? It wasn’t funny, and it hit pretty badly on Holocaust Remembrance Day. I know it wasn’t planned but it was just really, really odd.
Twitter: @jigolden
However, some people defended and even praised including a moment where a Holocaust denier got shut down.
@macantone this scene really had power. When I moved into my current home 24 years ago my next door neighbor an older lady rang the bell to tell me the holocaust never happened when she saw my menorah in the window on Hanukah. Needless to say we never had a good relationship!
HBO / Via Twitter: @petergfan57
The writers and actors have not responded to the backlash, but we will update you if they do.