Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman, who promotes perfume for the fashion label Dior, has condemned its British designer John Galliano over a widely distributed video that purportedly shows him making an anti-Semitic tirade.
Christian Dior has suspended star fashion designer John Galliano pending an inquiry into allegedly anti-Semitic remarks, it said on Friday. Galliano was escorted home by French police late on Thursday after a drinking session that ended with him hurling insults at a couple, according to a police source.
BENOIT TESSIER/ReutersPortman, who won an Academy Award on Sunday for Best Actress and is Jewish, said she would not be associated with Galliano, in a statement carried by the New York Times.
“I am deeply shocked and disgusted by the video of John Galliano's comments that surfaced today,” Portman said. The paper said the statement had been released late on Monday in Los Angeles.
“In light of this video, and as an individual who is proud to be Jewish, I will not be associated with Mr Galliano in any way. I hope at the very least, these terrible comments remind us to reflect and act upon combating these still-existing prejudices that are the opposite of all that is beautiful.”
It was not clear how Portman's contract with Dior might be affected.
Galliano, one of the world's top designers known for his dramatic shows and flamboyant style, was suspended by Christian Dior on Friday, hours after a couple complained that he had shouted racist and anti-Semitic insults at them while out drinking in Paris's hip Marais district.
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