The German fashion designer has criticized the "pastor's daughter" for opening Germany to "millions" of migrants. France's media regulator has launched a probe after he made the remarks on a popular French talk show.
France's media regulator announced on Monday that several hundred people had launched complaints against German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld after he appeared on a French talk show over the weekend.
Lagerfeld, who sits as head creative director for Chanel and Fendi, sparked outrage on Saturday when he evoked the Holocaust to criticize German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her open-door policy toward refugees fleeing conflict.
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"One cannot — even if there are decades between them — kill millions of Jews so you can bring millions of their worst enemies in their place," Lagerfeld told a French television show on Saturday.
"I know someone in Germany who took in a young Syrian and after four days said, 'The greatest thing Germany invented was the Holocaust.'"
