The “Friends” star, Jennifer Aniston roasted after accusing Jamie Foxx of antisemitism; “turns off Instagram comments.”
Jennifer Aniston slapped with ‘Donkey of the Day’ for Misinterpreting Jamie Foxx’s ‘Fake Friends’ comment
Fans are demanding Jennifer Aniston apologize to Jamie Foxx’s after being accused of antisemitism in instagram post.
It looks like Jennifer Aniston was right when she once said, “I hate social media. I’m not good at it.”
This past weekend, Aniston found herself embroiled in a social media “fiasco” and turned off her Instagram comments after she inserted herself into an social media controversy involving Jamie Foxx, her co-star in the 2011 film, “Horrible Bosses.” On Friday, Foxx, who has been in a long recovery from an unspecified “medical complication,” posted a message that was initially deemed by some to be antisemitic.
Jamie Foxx apologized for his Instagram post that had many accusing him of being antisemitic.
“I want to apologize to the Jewish community and everyone who was offended by my post,” he wrote on Saturday. “I now know my choice of words have caused offense and I’m sorry. That was never my intent. To clarify, I was betrayed by a fake friend and that’s what I meant with ‘they,’ not anything more.”
“THEY KILLED THIS DUDE JESUS... WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'LL DO TO YOU???! #fakefriends #fakelove,” read the post originally uploaded on Friday before being promptly deleted.
The actress, who is said to have hit the like button on Foxx’s post, also received some backlash, and cleared the air regarding the matter.
“This really makes me sick,” Aniston wrote on her Instagram Stories following the controversy. “I did not ‘like’ this post on purpose or by accident. And more importantly, I want to be clear to my friends and anyone hurt by this showing up in their feeds - I do NOT support any form of antisemitism. And I truly don’t tolerate HATE of any kind. Period.”
On Tuesday morning (Aug. 8), The radio personality and Breakfast Club co-host Charlamagne tha God, who named Jennifer Aniston “Donkey of the Day” for misinterpreting comments Foxx’s made about “fake friends” and telling her 42.8 million Instagram followers that the his post was antisemitic.
“When we say that we're not talking about a certain Community we talking about the same day that Khaled was talking about, Charlamagne said.” [The “HATERS”]
“We are talking about the idea that someone who was considered perfect,” Charlamagne continued. “Couldn't escape criticism, couldn't escape being talked about, couldn't escape being crucified so what do you think people will do to us”
The phrase is a common colloquialism referring to Judas betraying Jesus, but Aniston assumed the “they” in Foxx’s post was referring to the Jewish community.