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"   Photo: Getty Images  The house of Dior just issued a press release severing ties with John Galliano immediately. &amp;quot;We unequivocally condemn the statements made by John Galliano which are in total contradiction to the longstanding core values of Christian Dior,&amp;quot; says Dior president Sidney Toledano who also calls the designer&amp;#039;s behavior &amp;quot;odious.&amp;quot; The announcement comes just one day after a video of Galliano professing his love for Hitler hit the Internet. The video, which came out just days after he was accused of verbal assault and anti-Semitism by another couple, shows an intoxicated Galliano passionately discussing the holocaust and hurling slurs at both Jews and Asians. Since its release, Natalie Portman`s publicly denounced Galliano while some fashion press have shockingly come to his defense (and there&amp;#039;s been no word on Kate Moss` wedding dress). In Paris, reactions are less severe, &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s always spotted out very, very drunk,&amp;quot; says one Parisian journalist. Word is this week&amp;#039;s Dior show will in fact be canceled\u2014despite its \u20AC2 million price tag\u2014and Dior&amp;#039;s planned perfume launch for their new fragrance, Parlez-moi d&amp;#039;Amour, won&amp;#039;t happen either. (Though WWD reports the collection will in fact be shown.) That the video&amp;#039;s shocking, gross and disturbing is unequivocal, but that people are rushing to the designer&amp;#039;s defense is downright terrifying. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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