Jimmy Kimmel and Chelsea Handler Under Fire for Gay Jokes, Bottom-Shaming

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Jimmy Kimmel and Chelsea Handler Under Fire for Gay Jokes, Bottom-Shaming

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel and comic Chelsea Handler have come under fire for separate insult tweets in which they used being gay as a punchline.

While trading barbs with FOX News host Sean Hannity, Kimmel tweeted: “When your clown makeup rubs off on Trump’s ass, does it make his butt look like a Creamsicle?”

When your clown makeup rubs off on Trump’s ass, does it make his butt look like a Creamsicle? t.co/DEhmfOh0Hn

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) April 6, 2018

He followed that up with another tweet: “Don’t worry – just keep tweeting – you’ll get back on top! (or does Trump prefer you on bottom?) Either way, keep your chin up big fella..XO”

Don’t worry – just keep tweeting – you’ll get back on top! (or does Trump prefer you on bottom?) Either way, keep your chin up big fella..XO t.co/R4QJCoGYCL

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) April 6, 2018

Kimmel’s followers called him out.

I’m physically ill over you making gay a punchline in 2018. With all the hatred out there, this is how you get laughs & RTs @jimmykimmel

— Scott Linnen (@ScottLinnen) April 6, 2018

YOU THINK YOURE JUST FEUDING HANNITY, CONGRATS PAL YOU JUST ALIENATED YOUR LGBT VIEWERS @jimmykimmel

— Scott Linnen (@ScottLinnen) April 6, 2018

So, it’s OK for you to make homophobic slurs? What an asshole.

— Zarba (@ZarbaNotZorba) April 6, 2018

Love ya Jimmy but I said this to @chelseahandler yesterday and you today. Suggesting awful people are “gay for each other” isn’t funny to us. You gotta stop.

— Joe Bua (@JoeWatchesTV) April 6, 2018

Unrelated to Kimmel and Hannity’s beef, Chelsea Handler tweeted this: “Jeff Sessions is definitely a bottom.”

Jeff Sessions is definitely a bottom.

— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) April 6, 2018

Handler was called out on it by another Twitter user: “So the joke is he’s shit because he’s a bottom. Because gay men who are bottoms are inferior. Funny. So many ways to make fun of Jeff Sessions and you went with this. Dude, this just sucks.”

Which prompted this tweet from Handler in response: “I’m a bottom, and I’m proud of it.”

I’m a bottom, and I’m proud of it. t.co/wPs7c7ZBb8

— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) April 6, 2018

So the joke is he’s shit because he’s a bottom. Because gay men who are bottoms are inferior. Funny.

So many ways to make fun of Jeff Sessions and you went with this. Dude, this just sucks.

— beth, an alien (@bourgeoisalien) April 6, 2018

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