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Herald Sun
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Herald Sun
Triple J host criticised over Anne Frank 'slut' joke at comedy festival
Don't miss out on the headlines from Celebrity Life. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Triple J radio host has been blasted for using a derogatory sexual term to describing Holocaust survivor Anne Frank during a stand-up routine at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, was telling the audience she was a 'girls' girl' who could get along with 'any girl in the world, even in history'. 'Put me in a room with Cleopatra and I'd be like, 'Oh my god, I love your eyeliner', or with Anne Frank and I'd say, 'Slut, I have a diary too! Congrats on the book deal',' she said. Concetta Caristo described Holocaust victim Anne Frank as a 'slut'. But Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich said it was not funny, describing it instead as a 'brutal desecration' of the memory of the Holocaust. 'This wasn't just a joke. It was a brutal desecration of the memory of Anne Frank and the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who were murdered in the Holocaust – gassed, shot, starved, erased,' he said in a statement. 'When someone takes a victim of genocide and turns her into an obscene punchline, they don't just mock her – they violate her.' Concetta Caristo has gone travelling after the festival. Picture: Instagram The 15-year-old girl died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 after she was found hiding in Amsterdam. She gained posthumous fame after the publication of her diary, which shared her personal account of the Holocaust. 'Anne Frank … didn't get a book deal. She got typhus. She got starvation. She got a death sentence in Bergen-Belsen,' Dr Abramovich said. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, has been criticised for making a joke about Holocaust victim Anne Frank. He also expressed shock at the use of the word 'slut', describing it as a 'term of sexual humiliation aimed at a girl who never lived long enough to become a woman'. Ms Caristo's management told NewsWire she was 'away and not available'. Her social media indicates she is currently travelling, including kayaking in Hamilton Island. Originally published as ABC star's 'obscene' Anne Frank joke sparks outrage
Courier-Mail
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
Triple J host criticised over Anne Frank 'slut' joke at comedy festival
Don't miss out on the headlines from Celebrity Life. Followed categories will be added to My News. A Triple J radio host has been blasted for using a derogatory sexual term to describing Holocaust survivor Anne Frank during a stand-up routine at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, was telling the audience she was a 'girls' girl' who could get along with 'any girl in the world, even in history'. 'Put me in a room with Cleopatra and I'd be like, 'Oh my god, I love your eyeliner', or with Anne Frank and I'd say, 'Slut, I have a diary too! Congrats on the book deal',' she said. Concetta Caristo described Holocaust victim Anne Frank as a 'slut'. But Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich said it was not funny, describing it instead as a 'brutal desecration' of the memory of the Holocaust. 'This wasn't just a joke. It was a brutal desecration of the memory of Anne Frank and the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who were murdered in the Holocaust – gassed, shot, starved, erased,' he said in a statement. 'When someone takes a victim of genocide and turns her into an obscene punchline, they don't just mock her – they violate her.' Concetta Caristo has gone travelling after the festival. Picture: Instagram The 15-year-old girl died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 after she was found hiding in Amsterdam. She gained posthumous fame after the publication of her diary, which shared her personal account of the Holocaust. 'Anne Frank … didn't get a book deal. She got typhus. She got starvation. She got a death sentence in Bergen-Belsen,' Dr Abramovich said. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, has been criticised for making a joke about Holocaust victim Anne Frank. He also expressed shock at the use of the word 'slut', describing it as a 'term of sexual humiliation aimed at a girl who never lived long enough to become a woman'. Ms Caristo's management told NewsWire she was 'away and not available'. Her social media indicates she is currently travelling, including kayaking in Hamilton Island. Originally published as ABC star's 'obscene' Anne Frank joke sparks outrage
Sky News AU
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
Concetta Caristo who co presents ABC Triple J breakfast show makes shock Anne Frank joke at Melbourne Comedy Festival
An ABC personality is under fire after making a risqué joke about Holocaust victim Anne Frank during a comedy routine. Concetta Caristo, who hosts the breakfast show on the national broadcaster's youth station, Triple J, was performing a stand-up routine, telling the audience she was a 'girls' girl' who could get along with 'any girl in the world, even in history'. 'Put me in a room with Cleopatra and I'd be like, 'Oh my god, I love your eyeliner', or with Anne Frank and I'd say, 'Slut, I have a diary too! Congrats on the book deal',' she said. It is unclear what the audience reaction in the room was, but Anti-Defamation Commission chair, Dvir Abramovich said it was not funny. 'This wasn't just a joke. It was a brutal desecration of the memory of Anne Frank and the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who were murdered in the Holocaust – gassed, shot, starved, erased,' he said in a statement. 'When someone takes a victim of genocide and turns her into an obscene punchline, they don't just mock her – they violate her.' He went onto say that there was no book deal for Anne Frank, but rather a brutal death sentence at the hands of the Nazis. 'Anne Frank… didn't get a book deal. She got typhus. She got starvation. She got a death sentence in Bergen-Belsen,' Dr Abramovich said. He also expressed shock at the use of the word 'slut', describing it as a 'term of sexual humiliation aimed at a girl who never lived long enough to become a woman'. The 15-year-old girl died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 after she was found hiding in Amsterdam. She gained posthumous fame after the publication of her diary, which shared her personal account of the two years she hid from soldiers during the German occupation. Ms Caristo is currently overseas, with her Instagram showing her on holiday. The 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival was held between March and April. has reached out to the ABC for comment.
Perth Now
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
‘Obscene' Anne Frank joke horrifies
A Triple J radio host has been blasted for using a derogatory sexual term to describing Holocaust survivor Anne Frank during a stand-up routine at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, was telling the audience she was a 'girls' girl' who could get along with 'any girl in the world, even in history'. 'Put me in a room with Cleopatra and I'd be like, 'Oh my god, I love your eyeliner', or with Anne Frank and I'd say, 'Slut, I have a diary too! Congrats on the book deal',' she said. Concetta Caristo described Holocaust victim Anne Frank as a 'slut'. Credit: Supplied But Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich said it was not funny, describing it instead as a 'brutal desecration' of the memory of the Holocaust. 'This wasn't just a joke. It was a brutal desecration of the memory of Anne Frank and the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who were murdered in the Holocaust – gassed, shot, starved, erased,' he said in a statement. 'When someone takes a victim of genocide and turns her into an obscene punchline, they don't just mock her – they violate her.' The 15-year-old girl died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 after she was found hiding in Amsterdam. She gained posthumous fame after the publication of her diary, which shared her personal account of the Holocaust. 'Anne Frank … didn't get a book deal. She got typhus. She got starvation. She got a death sentence in Bergen-Belsen,' Dr Abramovich said. Concetta Caristo, a co-host of Triple J's breakfast program, has been criticised for making a joke about Holocaust victim Anne Frank. Credit: Supplied He also expressed shock at the use of the word 'slut', describing it as a 'term of sexual humiliation aimed at a girl who never lived long enough to become a woman'. Ms Caristo's management told NewsWire she was 'away and not available'. Her social media indicates she is currently travelling, including kayaking in Hamilton Island.
The Advertiser
06-07-2025
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Synagogue, restaurant and business attacks condemned
MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation: * The synagogue was firebombed on Friday night with about 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * The 34-year-old from Toongabbie in Sydney's west was arrested on Saturday night in central Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He is expected to face court on Sunday charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant: * A group who splintered away from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the city's CBD on Friday night * Organisers of the protest said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons Greensborough business: * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in the city's northeast in the early hours of Saturday morning * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said * Police have not established links between the three incidents HOW HAVE LEADERS REACTED? * "The reprehensible anti-Semitic attacks ... are severe hate crimes that must be uprooted" - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu * "Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia" - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese * "This was an attack on Australia" - Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke * "This is disgraceful behaviour by a pack of cowards" - Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan * "Nothing that we are doing here in Melbourne is going to have any impact on the terrible events in Israel and Gaza" - Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece * "Melbourne, for one night, stopped being a safe place for Jews" - Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation: * The synagogue was firebombed on Friday night with about 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * The 34-year-old from Toongabbie in Sydney's west was arrested on Saturday night in central Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He is expected to face court on Sunday charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant: * A group who splintered away from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the city's CBD on Friday night * Organisers of the protest said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons Greensborough business: * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in the city's northeast in the early hours of Saturday morning * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said * Police have not established links between the three incidents HOW HAVE LEADERS REACTED? * "The reprehensible anti-Semitic attacks ... are severe hate crimes that must be uprooted" - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu * "Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia" - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese * "This was an attack on Australia" - Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke * "This is disgraceful behaviour by a pack of cowards" - Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan * "Nothing that we are doing here in Melbourne is going to have any impact on the terrible events in Israel and Gaza" - Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece * "Melbourne, for one night, stopped being a safe place for Jews" - Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation: * The synagogue was firebombed on Friday night with about 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * The 34-year-old from Toongabbie in Sydney's west was arrested on Saturday night in central Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He is expected to face court on Sunday charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant: * A group who splintered away from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the city's CBD on Friday night * Organisers of the protest said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons Greensborough business: * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in the city's northeast in the early hours of Saturday morning * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said * Police have not established links between the three incidents HOW HAVE LEADERS REACTED? * "The reprehensible anti-Semitic attacks ... are severe hate crimes that must be uprooted" - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu * "Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia" - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese * "This was an attack on Australia" - Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke * "This is disgraceful behaviour by a pack of cowards" - Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan * "Nothing that we are doing here in Melbourne is going to have any impact on the terrible events in Israel and Gaza" - Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece * "Melbourne, for one night, stopped being a safe place for Jews" - Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich MELBOURNE'S ALLEGED ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS: East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation: * The synagogue was firebombed on Friday night with about 20 worshippers inside for a Shabbat dinner * A man allegedly poured a flammable liquid on the front door and set it alight * The 34-year-old from Toongabbie in Sydney's west was arrested on Saturday night in central Melbourne, with detectives investigating his intent and ideology * He is expected to face court on Sunday charged with reckless conduct endanger life, criminal damage by fire, and possess a controlled weapon CBD Israeli restaurant: * A group who splintered away from an earlier protest allegedly smashed a window, flipped tables and threw chairs outside Israeli restaurant Miznon in the city's CBD on Friday night * Organisers of the protest said the restaurant was targeted because it was part-owned by Israeli businessman Shahar Segal, a spokesman for a food aid group backed by Israel and the US * A 28-year-old from Footscray was arrested for hindering police and released on summons Greensborough business: * Three cars and a wall were spray-painted outside a Greensborough business in the city's northeast in the early hours of Saturday morning * One vehicle was destroyed and two damaged after being set alight * There were "inferences of anti-Semitism" and the business has been subjected to pro-Palestinian activity in the past year, police said * Police have not established links between the three incidents HOW HAVE LEADERS REACTED? * "The reprehensible anti-Semitic attacks ... are severe hate crimes that must be uprooted" - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu * "Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia" - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese * "This was an attack on Australia" - Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke * "This is disgraceful behaviour by a pack of cowards" - Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan * "Nothing that we are doing here in Melbourne is going to have any impact on the terrible events in Israel and Gaza" - Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece * "Melbourne, for one night, stopped being a safe place for Jews" - Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir Abramovich
