Jamie Foxx recently courted controversy with a cryptic comment referring to those who “killed this dude name[d] Jesus” that multiple social media users saw as antisemitic.
Following the backlash, Foxx deleted the post, and shared another one apologizing for it and claiming it was in no way intended to be antisemitic. He said it was just about “a fake friend” who wronged him.
Foxx shared the original post with his nearly 17 million Instagram followers on Friday. The message consisted of simple white text on a black background that read in all caps, “THEY KILLED THIS DUDE NAME JESUS… WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY’LL DO TO YOU???!”
At the end of the somewhat vague message, Foxx added, “#fakefriends” and “#fakelove.”
Multiple social media assumed that Foxx’s words had an antisemitic meaning, attributing his use of “they” as a reference to the Jewish people.
Another user added that the accusations represented “an incredibly uncharitable reading given Jamie Foxx has just passed through a health scare in which people close to him were selling misinformation that he was on his death bed and what not.”
Foxx deleted the post once the backlash ensued and shortly followed it with a post apologizing for the original and clarifying that it was not meant to be antisemitic.
He wrote, “Hey guys. I want to apologize to the Jewish community and anyone else who was offended by my post… I know my words were clumsy and have caused offense… that was never my intent… to clarify… I felt betrayed by a fake friend… and that’s what I meant about ‘they’ nothing more…”
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