Kid Rock Spews Homophobic Slur, Flips Off Audience For Filming Him
Kid Rock is making headlines again for, well, being Kid Rock.
On Saturday, the “Only God Knows Why” singer casually used a homophobic slur while performing at Fishlipz Bar & Grill in Smithville, Tennessee, which was caught on film and obtained by TMZ. The musician appeared to be annoyed by audience members filming him with their phones.
In the video, Kid Rock looks directly into one phone and sings, “Fuck your iPhone, yeah!” He then flips off the person filming him. Continuing to sing, he then steps onstage, signals to his crotch and croons: “You can post this, you can post this, you can post this dick right now.”
He then added the slur, which is censored in the video: “You fucking f****ts with your phones out!”
This latest spite-fueled outburst follows a string of recent and unflattering headlines involving the musician.
Early in the coronavirus pandemic, Kid Rock initiallyrefused to close his Nashville bar, despite a closure mandate by the city’s mayor.
In May, Kid Rock also showed support for musician Morgan Wallen, who was suspended from his label and removed from country music stations after being caught on tape making a racial slur, by giving Wallen his first gig following the controversy at his bar.
So it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that people were, well, unsurprised when the latest news about Kid Rock hit Twitter early this week.
Many who identify as LGBTQ — and advocates — responded appropriately to the musician’s hateful outburst on Twitter by snarkily writing him off as a troll.
Kid Rock caught on film entertaining Kid Rock fans. https://t.co/LhSMnS6q22
— Travon Free (@Travon) June 7, 2021
I, for one, am shocked that noted LGBTQ ally Kid Rock would say something homophobic. https://t.co/E59KBine5M
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) June 7, 2021
When I heard Kid Rock made a homophobic comment, I got so mad I drove 12 hours to my parents house, went in the attic, found Kid Rock’s latest cassette, and threw it out.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) June 7, 2021
When Kid Rock trends, it's one of two things homophobia or racism, never talent, because that would be ludicrous.
— 💞🕊Heyoka 🕊💞 (@HeyokaEmpath01) June 7, 2021
Kid Rock is the Rudy Giuliani of music.
— Amy Lynn ✡️🐿️ (@AmyAThatcher) June 8, 2021
BREAKING: We have removed Kid Rock from the list of keynote speakers at pride
— Samantha Ruddy (@samlymatters) June 8, 2021
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.