00:00Sean Spicer really stepped in it today.
00:03Jimmy Kimmel, Chelsea Handler, and one savvy YouTuber with the help of some Veep Show footage
00:07all jumped in to mock Sean Spicer for his insensitive comments about Hitler and the Holocaust on Tuesday.
00:13Spicer faced instant backlash when he told the press corps Hitler did not use chemical weapons during World War II.
00:20Social media exploded as anyone and everyone weighed in,
00:23including Chelsea Clinton, daughter of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
00:27I hope ad press sec takes time to visit the Holocaust Museum.
00:31It's a few blocks away.
00:33Barbra Streisand also blasted Spicer for the comment.
00:36Sean Spicer should be fired for saying Hitler did not use chemical weapons on his own people.
00:41You mean six million Jews don't count?
00:43On Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live, the host talked about Spicer's incorrect claim and joked,
00:47if you listen very closely, you can almost hear the voice inside his head.
00:51Did I just defend Hitler? Hitler?
00:55Meanwhile, over on TBS's Conan, guest Chelsea Handler held nothing back regarding the press secretary.
01:02He's so stupid.
01:03He can't possibly be that stupid naturally, she said.
01:06She also pointed out what she suspects really happens before Spicer goes out for press conferences.
01:11Trump whispers in his ear and then Sean Spicer runs out.
01:14He's like, I mean, even Hitler didn't use chemical weapons.
01:17It's like, yeah, because he was such a great guy.
01:19Also on Tuesday, Spicer's comments were mashed up with the closing credits of HBO's Veep,
01:25thanks to savvy YouTube user Dan Ketchum.
01:28Julia Louis-Dreyfus tweeted that it felt like an Emmy-winning episode to her.
01:32I appreciate the clarification there. That was not the intent.
01:34For his part, Spicer has apologized multiple times,
01:41first telling CNN he mistakenly used an inappropriate, insensitive reference to the Holocaust
01:46for which there is no comparison.
01:48He continued his apology tour Wednesday during a 30-minute conversation at the Newseum Forum,
01:53which was centered around President Donald Trump's relationship with the press,
01:56and said his Tuesday gaffe was mine to own, mine to apologize for, and mine to ask forgiveness for.
02:03He added that he had let the president down.
02:06Guys, you have to see all the clips and coverage of the Spicer comments and reactions up now at THR.com.
02:11Let us know what you think about all this in the comments.
02:13For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Paul Costabile.
02:16Let's go back to what Sean Spicer's really thinking, huh, Kimmel?
02:19You stupid, stupid, stupid!
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