Shamed Christopher Biggins hits the red carpet at Bridget Jones's Baby premiere in first public appearance since sick CBB Holocaust 'joke'

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Christopher Biggins has made his first public appearance since being removed from the Celebrity Big Brother house for making a 'joke' about the Holocaust.

The veteran entertainer, 67, flashed a huge smile as he posed for photographs at the Bridget Jones's Baby world premiere at London's Odeon Leicester Square on Monday night.

Looking relaxed in a pinstriped suit, open neck pastel pink shirt and blue loafers, the shamed star waved to the crowds from the pink carpet.

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All smiles: Christopher Biggins has made his first public appearance since being removed from the Celebrity Big Brother house for making a 'joke' about the Holocaust 

Christopher also posed for pictures with Livia Firth - the wife of Mark Darcy actor, Colin Firth - who kept her appearance low-key in a charcoal grey top that exposed her tanned arms.

He later continued his night of fun at upmarket central London venue, Aqua, at the premiere after-party. 

Livia, letting her brown locks flow over her shoulders, completed her look with matching blue heels and clutch as she posed at the star-studded premiere.

They were joined by a host of celebrities to celebrate Renée Zellweger's latest portrayal of Bridget Jones, which has been generally well received by the critics.

Shamed: The veteran entertainer, 67, flashed a huge smile as he posed for photographs at the Bridget Jones's Baby world premiere at London's Odeon Leicester Square on Monday night

Pose: Christopher also posed for pictures with Livia Firth - the wife of Mark Darcy actor, Colin Firth- who kept her appearance low-key in a charcoal grey top that exposed her tanned arms 

Chilled: Looking relaxed in a pinstriped suit, open neck pastel pink shirt and blue loafers, the shamed star waved to the crowds from the pink carpet

Patrick Dempsey, Emma Thompson, Ellie Goulding and singer Una Healy were among the dazzling display, joined by British Olympic diver Tom Daley.

This is Christopher's first public appearance since he caused various controversies during his stint in the Celebrity Big Brother House.

As housemates queued for the bathroom, he told Jewish contestant Katie Waissel, whose great-grandparents survived the Holocaust: 'You better be careful or they'll be putting you in a shower and taking you to a room.'

Party time: He later continued his night of fun at upmarket central London venue, Aqua, at the premiere after-party

The singer branded the veteran entertainer a 'nasty, nasty person' as she admitted  that she cried in the diary room after his remark.  

The interaction was not aired by Channel 5 but did see the 67-year-old immediately removed from the house at the start of August and as such, he was not invited to attend Friday night's final of the reality TV show.  

Talking about the moment the actor made the remark, Katie told The Sun: 'I was mortified. 

'I couldn't believe it had come out of his mouth. There was just silence. Everyone else in the room was shocked.'

Booted out: This is Christopher's first public appearance since he caused various controversies during his stint in the Celebrity Big Brother House 

Katie's great-grandparents fled Poland to avoid being sent to a concentration camp during the Nazi Holocaust that killed more than six million Jews in World War Two.

She described Biggins' comment as disrespectful to her family and other Jewish families.

'They would be horrified I had to listen to him say that. My whole family have been really upset by it. My mum called it a hate crime.' 

Katie continued: 'They lived and breathed the horror of it. It’s very real to me. So there you go, Christopher Biggins, you nasty, nasty person.'

The former X Factor hopeful also said that Biggins' comment had an added emotional effect because she had been speaking to him about her trip to Auschwitz camp that very morning.

Emotional: Katie, 30, explained how her great-grandparents fled Poland to avoid being sent to a concentration camp during the Nazi Holocaust

Following the controversy, Biggins admitted that the remark was about the Nazis and gas chambers.

He said he had apologised to Katie in person after being given a warning by Big Brother, and was sorry for his 'trite, ridiculous remark'.

Big Brother called Biggins into the Diary Room and noted his third use of 'unacceptable language', which left them with 'no choice' but to remove him from the house.

'I'm very sorry and I'm very sad,' he responded.

During his time in the house, Biggins also got into trouble for comments on bisexuality. 

He said that homosexuals had been blamed for the rise of Aids but he thought it 'was a bisexual disease, if I'm honest'. 

Angry: Katie (seen entering the house in July) described Biggins' comment as disrespectful to her family and other Jewish families

Housemate Renee Graziano said she had been told by an unnamed former CIA agent that 'they gave it (Aids) to kill off third world countries,' which Biggins agreed with, stating he thought it was 'man-made'.

Biggins then said: 'There were a lot of bisexuals who went to those countries and had sex with those people and brought it back to their own families in America and that's how it became a worldwide disease.'

This followed an earlier incident where Biggins told Graziano: 'I think the worst type is the bisexuals, what it is is people not wanting to admit they are gay.'

Speaking after his removal from the house, he commented: 'I know a lot of bisexuals and they're very nice people. But I think they do f*** up a lot of relationships.'  

MailOnline has contacted Biggins' representative for comment. 

Disgusting: As housemates queued for the bathroom, Biggins told Jewish contestant Katie: 'You better be careful or they'll be putting you in a shower and taking you to a room.'