- Alton Brown apologised after making a “flippant remark” about the Holocaust on Twitter.
- On Tuesday night, Brown tweeted: “Do you think camp uniforms will be striped, like the ones at Auschwitz, or will plaid be in vogue?” The tweet has since been deleted.
- “It was not a reference I made for humorous effect but rather to reflect how deeply frightened I am for our country,” he tweeted on Wednesday. “It was a very poor use of judgement.”
- Brown faced backlash this week after discussing his political beliefs on Twitter and problematic statements from his past resurfaced. Brown did not respond to Insider’s requests for comment.
Celebrity chef Alton Brown has apologised after making a “flippant remark” about the Holocaust on Twitter.
The apology comes after a whirlwind of a week for the Food Network star, who delighted fans with his election night tweets before he began discussing his conservative beliefs. He later requested an apology from Newsweek for calling him a Republican.
It all came to a head on Tuesday night, when Brown tweeted: “Do you think camp uniforms will be striped, like the ones at Auschwitz, or will plaid be in vogue?”
The tweet appeared to allude to America’s ongoing election drama, as Donald Trump has yet to concede and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there will be a “smooth transition to a second Trump administration” despite the fact that networks like the AP, CNN, and Fox News called President-elect Joe Biden the winner on Saturday, following Insider and Decision Desk’s projection on Friday.
Read the article by Anneta Konstantinides in Business Insider Australia.