Comedian Dawn French has apologised after posting a video online about the Israel-Hamas conflict, saying she “clumsily used a mocking tone” and it “appeared one-sided”. The Vicar Of Dibley actress posted a video on social media this week in which she switched between her normal voice and a higher pitched voice.

In the video about the conflict, she said: “Complicated, no, but nuanced”, adding: “Bottom line is, no.” Then at one point she said in the higher pitched voice: “Yeah, but you know they did a bad thing to us.”

French has now posted a statement on X saying she has taken down the video and apologised, saying her intention was never “to mock, or dismiss, or diminish the horror of what happened” on October 7 2023. The statement, posted on Saturday, says: “Ok, it’s important to addr

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