Singer & rapper Kid Rock has refused to apologize for using homophobic slurs during a recent concert. Instead, the “God Knows Why” singer claims he can’t be homophobic since he has gay friends.
The story began earlier this month when TMZ posted a video of Kid Rock yelling slurs during a concert in Tennessee.
Related: Kid Rock: “Why, these days, is everything so gay?”
“F*ck your iPhone, yeah,” he screams. “You f*cking f*ggots with your iPhones out.”
Last week, Kid Rock doubled down on his use of the word. “If Kid Rock using the word faggot offends you, good chance you are one,” he wrote on Twitter. “Either way, I know he has a lot of love for his gay friends and I will have a talk with him. Have a nice day.” Kid Rock also signed the tweet “Bob Ritchie,” his legal name.
If Kid Rock using the word faggot offends you, good chance you are one. Either way, I know he has a lot of love for his gay friends and I will have a talk with him. Have a nice day. -Bob Ritchie
— Kid Rock (@KidRock) June 9, 2021
Critics of the singer’s choice of words didn’t hesitate to clap back.
Someone with gay friends wouldn’t use that word as an insult. Enjoy the continued loss of fans and income.
— Whatever (@WhateverBongo1) June 9, 2021
“Someone with gay friends wouldn’t use that word as an insult. Enjoy the continued loss of fans and income,” wrote user @WhateverBongo1.
I am shocked. SHOCKED! That people care what Kid Rock has to say.
Houseplants are more intellectually engaging. Yes, even the dead houseplants.
— Phil or something (@FillipQuinn) June 10, 2021
So basically Kid Rock and Bob Ritchie are proud homophobes pic.twitter.com/GLuNu9w0F0
— ? (@JelloFries) June 10, 2021
“So basically Kid Rock and Bob Ritchie are proud homophobes,” observed @JelloFries.
I am not gay, but my child is.
& that term doesn’t offend me
as much as it cuts my heartit’s hateful rhetoric
a hate-filled term
you know ittrying to spin it as ‘cute’ is even uglier
— ?? (@gymorjail) June 10, 2021
“I am not gay, but my child is,” said @gymorjail. “That term doesn’t offend me as much as it cuts my heart it’s hateful rhetoric a hate-filled term you know it trying to spin it as ‘cute’ is even uglier.”
We tend to agree. This is not the first time Kid Rock has faced backlash for his use of homophobic language. In 2017, during a concert in Detroit, the singer launched into a rant over LGBTQ rights and visibility.
“And why, these days, is everything so gay?” he asked at the time.
The remarks came on the eve of Kid Rock’s campaign for Senate, though the singer later claimed he intended the entire campaign as a joke.
Cam
During an interview on Howard Stern Kid Rock was going on and on about how he always used the N word and there was nothing wrong with it. As a defense he said that the black people in his band said it was ok. Stern pointed out that of course they were going to say that, he was paying them, and when he asked if he could talk to any of those folks about it, none wanted to talk about it.
So Rock has been pulling this crap for a long time. No surprise that the guy who loves rac-ist language also loves anti- LGBTQ bigoted language.
Mack
What do you expect from a racist and bigot. Same as his hero, the orange turd.
Hdtex
Pure, unadulterated human GARBAGE.
Chrisk
Damn. I’ll never understand kid Rock’s celebrity or Ted Nugents. Besides being major douchebags they just suck when it comes to music.
Mr. Stadnick
Here Here!!
Fahd
Just deplorable, but maybe the “fast living” will get him soon.
amanwithanedge
yes he is.
Liquid Silver
It’s always been very simple to me. If somebody shows you who they are, believe them. And then remove them from your life unless and until they can prove otherwise. If you can also remove other vulnerable people, so much the better but if not, then not.
Should that result in the downfall of a public figure, that’s only the natural consequence of poor actions on their part.
Heywood Jablowme
His “real” name is Middle Aged Rock!
cuteguy
Did Kid Rock say his political campaign was a joke or was it his whole career? Or whats left of it?
duke4172
The constitution gives Kid Rock a freedom to speak his mind and if you disagree then you have the freedom to not buy his music!
cs1900
Nobody’s saying he doesn’t have the FREEDOM to say whatever he wants, just that that’s a shitty use of that freedom, and that that isn’t ALSO a freedom from pushback or consequences when he chooses to use that kind of language.
Cam
And it also gives us the freedom to complain about him, call him out and point out that he is a bigot. So what’s your point?
mailliw110
Don’t tell us you have gay friends too!
Kangol2
I wouldn’t buy this racist, homophobic piece of trash’s music if it was the last thing on Spotify. But I sure in the hell can criticize him for what he says and does!
Jack Meoff
I didn’t known Kid Rock was still a thing. His shtick must be kind of sad on a 50 year old.
Leash
I think he trys to be a thing again with the help of this controversy. The desperation!
Cam
Typical Republican.
Raised wealthy, uses racist and bigoted language and pretends to be “just a blue caller guy”.
Terrycloth
Robert James Richie aka kid Rock is dumber than a box of rocks .like his Buddy Ted Nugent washed up rockers who feel entitled and still relevant. Avid trump supporters and all around A- h**es…he like Nugent thinks he’s god’s gift to rock /rap…think again. You can be cancel quicker than you can blink an eye
radiooutmike
I don’t think you can lump Kid Rock in with Ted Nugent.
Nugent is less successful than Kid Rock. Cat Scratch Fever went to #30 on 10/08/77. Picture (with Sheryl Crow) went to #4 on 04/05/03. A top ten hit in this century (and millennium).
Both are equally deplorable,
Terrycloth
He did have that mashup of sweet home Alabama / All Summer long…