New
York
(ANI):
Halle
Berry
has
issued
an
apology
after
making
an
apparent
anti-Semitic
joke
while
taping
"The
Tonight
Show
with
Jay
Leno" on
Friday,
Oct
19.
Berry
was
on
the
show
promoting
her
new
movie
"Things
We
Lost
in
the
Fire"
when
she
showed
Leno
and
his
audience
photos
of
herself.
However,
it
was
the
way
she
started
showing
the
photos
that
upset
some
members
of
the
audience.
“She
introduced
the
first
photo
by
saying,
'Here's
where
I
look
like
my
Jewish
cousin!'
-
it
was
a
picture
of
her
with
a
huge,
distorted
nose,"
the
New
York
Post
quoted
an
insider,
as
saying.
“No
one
laughed,
and
Jay
nervously
said,
'I'm
glad
you
said
that
and
not
me.' When
the
show
aired,
they
cut
out
her
'Jewish'
comment
and
added
a
laugh
track
to
the
bit."
Another
guest
in
the
audience
said:
"If
you
watch
the
clip,
you
can
see
Halle
saying
the
word
'Jewish,'
though
obviously
there
is
no
audio.
NBC
covered
her
a
-
-.
Ms.
Berry
should
know
how
unbelievably
inappropriate
her
comment
was
.
.
.
She
should
be
ashamed
of
herself."
Berry
has
now
issued
a
statement
saying
she
did
not
mean
to
offend
anyone
by
her
comments.
"I
so
didn't
mean
to
offend
anybody
-
and
after
the
show
I
realized
it
could
be
seen
as
offensive,
so
I
asked
Jay
to
take
it
out,
and
he
did," she
said.
"What
happened
was
I
was
backstage
before
the
show
and
I
have
three
girls
who
are
Jewish
who
work
for
me.
We
were
going
through
pictures
to
see
which
ones
looked
silly,
and
one
of
my
Jewish
friends
said
[of
the
big-nose
picture],
'That
could
be
your
Jewish
cousin!'
And
I
guess
it
was
fresh
in
my
mind,
and
it
just
came
out
of
my
mouth.
But
I
didn't
mean
to
offend
anybody.
I
didn't.
I
didn't
mean
any
harm.
"It
was
just
a
lighthearted
segment
that
was
meant
to
make
fun
of
myself.
There
was
a
picture
where
I
said
I
looked
like
Monica
Lewinsky
and
one
where
I
said
I
looked
like
Jay.
It
was
just
supposed
to
be
a
silly
segment.
I
am
so
sorry,
and
I
apologize."