Comedian Jimmy Carr has returned to Twitter following fury over comments he made about the Holocaust.
The 49-year-old has been absent from the social media site since February 4, after controversy surrounding a joke he made in his Netflix special, His Dark Material.
In comments that sparked condemnation at the start of the month, the presenter said that people "never mention the thousands of Gypsies killed by the Nazis" because "no one wants to talk about the positives."
The comments were greeted with shock as well as applause and laughter from the audience.
Protests were held outside Carr's gigs as a result and a petition calling for Netflix to remove the show gained nearly 20,000 signatures.
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust said it was "absolutely appalled" , while Downing Street said the remarks were "deeply disturbing".
Other organisations to condemn the joke were the Auschwitz Memorial and Hope Not Hate.
The 8 out of 10 Cats presenter, who had not posted on Twitter since Feb 4, today shared a clip from the Big Fat Quiz of The 80s, hosted by Carr, and wrote: "The 80s were a strange strange time..."
Many replied that they were pleased to see the comedian return to the platform, and made references to the recent controversy. Other comments however were not so complementary.
One person said: "You've not tweeted in a while Jim... where you been?"
Another said: "I thought you was 'cancelled.'"
A third Twitter user said: "Sneaking back whilst WW3 is on. Clever boy," in reference to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The special was released on Netflix on Christmas Day but the clip about the Holocaust came to light more widely when it was shared on social media.
At the start of the special, Carr warned his audience about the contents of his show, saying: "Trigger warning. Tonight’s show contains jokes about terrible things.
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"Terrible things that may have affected you and the people that you love. But these are just jokes. They’re not the terrible things."
The presenter went on to remove his Holocaust joke from a live gig after Cambridge City Council promised to light up the venue in the colours of the Romani flag.
On February 6, Carr seemingly addressed the furore during a show at the Whitley Bay Playhouse for his Terribly Funny Show.
During the show, he made quips about being cancelled, telling his audience: "The joke that ends my career is already out there."
He was heckled by a woman who yelled: "Are we going to talk about the holocaust?"
Carr replied: "We are going to talk about cancel culture, the whole thing."
He later added: "We are speaking my friends in the last chance saloon.
"What I am saying on stage this evening is barely acceptable now. In ten years f***ing forget about it."
