D.L. Hughley has been receiving backlash after his recent comments about Janet Jackson.
After the singer commented about Vice President Harris’ ethnicity and suggested that she wasn’t Black, Hughley shared his thoughts about the comments. On X (formerly Twitter), the comedian first laughed after an X user “questioned her singing ability.” He would later compare Jackson and Harris’ appearances.
“All I know is Kamala looks like she did when she was in Oakland!,” he wrote. “But Janet don’t look like she did when she was Penny! What the hell was in that iron??” Hughley went on to address a fan who seemingly called him out for disagreeing with the singer.
“Hey dumba** this has nothing to do with agreeing or not! Her dad is Black as a point of fact!! What she said was just as stupid as the s*** you’re saying now!!,” he wrote. However, the insults didn’t stop there. Hughley talked about the “If” singer’s appearance. “Janet Jackson interview sounded like a Trump rally! FYI!! It’s a little ironic to question whether someone is Black while you’re breathing through the nose of a white woman!.”
D.L. Hughley then explained why he attacked Jackson on his Instagram account. “What she said was just as harmful as the bulls*** rhetoric spread by Amber Rose and Candace Owens, so why are we so quick to want to give a pass or brush it off? She could have easily shared her support for her as a woman first,” he said. “If you admit you don’t know something, you should probably not speak on it. It’s possible to be a fan of somebody and still call them out on their bulls***. Happens to me all the time.”
Fans were not happy with his explanation and voiced their opinions about his comments. One user said, “Yeah DL Hughley needs hands and feet put on him. It’s one thing to shill for the Democrats, but to disrespect Janet Jackson, a Black American icon, over an Indian lady is wild disrespectful.”
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