Jamie Foxx’s fans have seemingly flooded Jennifer Aniston’s Instagram with comments.
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Jennifer Aniston has faced backlash after finding herself embroiled in the saga surrounding Jamie Foxx’s recent Instagram activity. Foxx was accused by a Jewish media company of antisemitism on Saturday after he shared a post that was interpreted as being about the Jewish community. Foxx has since deleted the post and apologized.
“They killed this dude name Jesus…what do you think they’ll do to you???! #fakefriends #fakelove,” Foxx’s post read.
Confusingly, Aniston at first appeared to have “liked” Foxx’s post, but later denounced it. Her actions led to a debate on social media about the importance of cultural context and white privilege.
Foxx’s post caught the attention of the Jewish news company A Wider Frame, which subsequently shared a screenshot of the post and accused Foxx of sharing a “horrifically antisemitic” message.
The myth that Jews collectively murdered Jesus, also referred to as “deicide,” has been used to justify violence against Jews for centuries, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Foxx subsequently deleted his post and issued an apology.
“I want to apologize to the Jewish community and everyone who was offended by my post,” the 55-year-old actor wrote in an Instagram post 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,” he explained. “I only have love in my heart for everyone. I love and support the Jewish community. My deepest apologies to anyone who was offended.”
The screenshot shared by A Wider Frame suggests that Aniston liked Foxx’s post, which led to some criticism of her, as well as Foxx.
The “Friends” star then posted an Instagram Story in which she denounced antisemitism.
“This really makes me sick. I did not ‘like’ this post on purpose or by accident,” she wrote. “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.”
