Jamie Foxx has been accused of transphobia after making fun of Bruce Jenner and his reported gender transition into becoming a woman.
The actor made the inappropriate comment while hosting the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards which held at the Shrine Auditorium in LA on Sunday. He said:
‘We have some groundbreaking performances here too tonight. We got Bruce Jenner, will be here doing some musical performances. He’s doing a his and her duet all by himself.’
Jamie then added: ‘Look, I’m just busting your balls while I still can.’
Although Bruce has still yet to publicly discuss his rumored gender reassignment, it didn’t stop host Foxx from receiving a backlash on Twitter over his remarks. Perez Hilton was first to tweet complaining:
Boo! Shame on you #iHeartAwards for allowing @iamjamiefoxx to be transphobic on national television! Those #BruceJenner jokes were wrong!!!
— Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) March 30, 2015
That Bruce Jenner joke wasn’t funny at all. Like what was the point of that?
— Marquis (@Casellono) March 30, 2015
.@iamjamiefoxx making transphobic jokes at Bruce Jenner’s expense while Kylie is in the audience? Grow up & educate yourself. #iHeartAwards
— Luigi Mondi (@LuigiM227) March 30, 2015
Great music start to #iHeartAwards with @IGGYAZALEA @nickjonas @IAMJHUD but I could have done without Jamie Foxx’s jokes about Bruce Jenner.
— Michael Sluchan (@theslooch) March 30, 2015
Fuck Jamie Foxx. #Transphobic #iHeartRadioMusicAwards
— Richie Ricardo (@esechicorico) March 30, 2015
Seriously #JamieFoxx? #BruceJenner jokes? You’re disgusting, that’s not ok. It wasn’t funny, just mean spirited and lazy. #SupportLGBT
— Angela (@AngelaPquigley) March 30, 2015
jokes about being transgender in 2015 are as offensive as jokes about being black in the 1960’s, @iamjamiefoxx #iHeartRadioMusicAwards
— lauren tyler wright (@laurentwright) March 30, 2015
