Kid Rock Doubles Down on Homophobic Slur After Criticism
“If Kid Rock using the word f*ggot offends you, good chance you are one,” wrote the 50-year-old musician, in a bizarre use of third-person.
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After drawing backlash for a video posted to TMZ that showed him calling a crowd “f*ggots” for filming him during a gig at a bar in Tennessee, Kid Rock took to Twitter on Wednesday to drop the slur again. “If Kid Rock using the word f*ggot offends you, good chance you are one,” wrote the 50-year-old musician. “Either way, I know he has a lot of love for his gay friends and I will have a talk with him,” read the tweet, signed with Kid Rock’s real name Bob Ritchie.
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