Halle Berry was on the Jay Leno show, and according to an audience member, she made a racist joke which got edited out when aired.

The Oscar-winning star, on the show to promote her movie “Things We Lost in the Fire,” was showing Leno and his audience images of herself on her computer using the Mac program Photo Booth, which distorts images like a carnival fun-house mirror. According to one audience member, “She introduced the first photo by saying, ‘Here’s where I look like my Jewish cousin!’ - it was a picture of her with a huge, distorted nose. No one laughed, and Jay nervously said, ‘I’m glad you said that and not me.’ When the show aired, they cut out her ‘Jewish’ comment and added a laugh track to the bit.”

She later apologized, but you know, whatever:

What happened was I was backstage before the show and I have three girls who are Jewish who work for me. We were going through pictures to see which ones looked silly, and one of my Jewish friends said [of the big-nose picture], ‘That could be your Jewish cousin!’ And I guess it was fresh in my mind, and it just came out of my mouth. But I didn’t mean to offend anybody. I didn’t. I didn’t mean any harm.

Oh, well, as long as she apologized, it’s all good. Pfft. This is exactly why stars have publicists and should never be allowed to talk without one. You know who should be her publicist? Mel Gibson.

Here’s Halle Berry at the premiere of Things We Lost in a Fire: