The shamed designer John Galliano has been fired from Dior after he was caught (and arrested for) making anti-Semitic remarks in a Paris café.
The designer who worked for Dior for the past 15 years fought back this weekend, after being suspended, by denying the allegations and filing a defamation suit against the couple who reported the allegations.
An LA Times blog reports Galliano states the following in the video:
"People like you would be dead," the designer slurred to patrons at a neighboring table in the video, posted on the Sun website. "Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be ... gassed and ... dead." He also told those who made the video -- who were French and Italian, not Jewish, the Sun said -- that he had a problem with them because they were ugly.
Oscar winner and Dior endorser Natalie Portman put out a statement after the video of Galliano stating "I love Hitler" was made public.
“I am deeply shocked and disgusted by the video of John Galliano’s comments that surfaced today,” Natalie said in a statement Monday evening (via The New York Times). “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.”
It was reported by police that Galliano's blood alcohol levels were very high. There is still no word on if this matter and Natalie Portman's statement will affect her contract with Dior.
