Dior fires John Galliano over anti-Semitic rants

The video clip shows the 50-year-old saying,”I love Hitler. People like you ought to be dead,your mothers,your forefathers would all be gassed.”

Galliano was fired last night,hours after the British designer was denounced by Israel-born actress Natalie Portman,who is the face of a Dior perfume,reported Daily Mail.

Chief executive of Christian Dior Sidney Toledano said,”I very firmly condemn what was said by John Galliano,which totally contradicts the values which have always been defended by Christian Dior.

“Because of the particularly odious nature of John Galliano’s behaviour and views,in a video made public on Monday,Christian Dior has decided to lay him off at once and has commenced formal dismissal procedures.”

Galliano,who has been named British designer of the year four times,insisted on Monday that he was “no racist”.

But Portman,who won Best Actress for her role in ‘Black Swan’ at Sunday night’s Academy Awards,said in a statement,”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.”

The controversy began after Galliano allegedly insulted Geraldine Bloch,35,and Philippe Virgitti,41,at a Paris bar called La Perle,last Thursday.