Dior sacks John Galliano after Natalie Portman refuses to work with designer.
The British designer, who was suspended last week, may now find himself making an eagerly awaited public appearance in a Paris courtroom on charges of voicing racist insults. Christian Dior denounced his behaviour as “odious” and said that the designer had been fired with immediate effect.
Two lawsuits were filled by people he had allegedly insulted and a video was released on the internet that showed the designer saying “I love Hitler”. The coup de grace was delivered by Natalie Portman, the Oscar-winning actress who is the face of Dior’s Miss Dior Cherie perfume.
John Galliano – ugh. According to UK newspaper The Sun:
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“FASHION guru John Galliano was filmed having a vile racist rant during which he declared: “I love Hitler.
The British designer – an alleged Jew hater – then tells a horrified woman: “People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be f****** gassed.”
His tirade was videoed by a friend of the people he was insulting – who were French and Italian, but not Jewish.
As journalist Caroline Marcus said on Twitter, this makes me want to burn all my Dior and Galliano. Except I don’t have any. Still, APPALLING.
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Just after September 11 I was in a meeting when a colleague went on a similar generational rant about "everyone from the middle east". My grandfather was Lebanese so she was essentially saying i should be dead...but I don't look Lebanese so she obviously felt free to speak like that. I was young and nervous back then and will always regret not calling her on it. But to this day I feel sick and sad people genuinely think like that. Well done NP and Dior for not tolerating it. Let's hope no one else takes him on.
What a putrid and pathetic little creep! I want to know who in the world of who's who, has known of this side of this slimy little worm? Surely such a despicable creature would have let his filthy opinions out prior to being caught on film and if so, how has he been allowed to be a part of that world?