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Made In Chelsea's Oliver Proudlock slammed for 'horrendous' Holocaust reference in selfie

Made In Chelsea star Oliver Proudlock has been criticised for making a Holocaust reference when he posted a recent selfie.

The reality TV star, 32, took to his Instagram Stories to share a picture of himself from his holiday in Corfu.

He snapped the photo of him wearing a white shirt and a pair of blue and white striped trousers, captioning it: "Boy in tha stripe pyjamas."

Eton-educated Proudlock was making a reference to the 2008 film The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, which explores the horrors of Nazi concentration camps.

The title of the film comes from the clothes that prisoners were forced to wear in the camps.

He was criticised for captioning his photo 'Boy in tha stripe pyjamas' in reference to the film of the same name, which is about the Holocaust (proudlock/Instagram)
Twitter users shared a screenshot of Proudlock's post (Instagram)

In the film, the young son of a Nazi commander does not understand what the camp is and believes the uniforms are pyjamas.

A screengrab Proudlock's Instagram post was shared on Twitter by horrified users.

"I audibly gasped, down horrendous," one wrote, while another added: "This is in such bad taste."

"The biggest yikes I've seen in a while," a third said, while another agreed: "Eton education or not, this is absolutely horrific."

Another wrote: "Only a rich white person can try and gentrify the Holocaust."

One tweet also said: "I bet he has only ever seen the title of the film and has no idea what the f*** kind of insensitivity he is showing."

The post has been up since Tuesday night and Proudlock still hasn't taken it down despite the backlash.

The photo also appears in a post on his Instagram grid filled with snaps from the holiday, but it has a different caption.

Proudlock in Made In Chelsea with Jamie Laing (E4)

The Mirror has contacted a rep for Oliver Proudlock and is currently awaiting comment.

Proudlock joined the cast of Made In Chelsea in 2011 during the second series.

He was a regular cast member in the E4 series before leaving the show in 2019.

Proudlock attended prestigious boarding school Eton at the same time as Prince Harry and the pair have many mutual friends, including Viscount Erleigh, Arthur Landon and Tom Inskip.

Proudlock left the post up despite the backlash (proudlock/Instagram)
Proudlock married his wife Emma back in December (Instagram)

Proudlock married his wife Emma Louise Connolly in December last year.

The duo didn't confirm they'd tied the knot until a month later.

They had been due to get married back in April, but like a lot of couples, their big day was cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions.

The couple had been engaged since 2018 before they finally got to tie the knot at the end of 2020.

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