Comedian Bill Burr was slammed as “sexist” and “racist” over remarks and jokes he made while presenting during the 63rd Grammy Awards.
“Sorry to everyone on the tl/watching who’s been forced to learn who bill burr is, he’s been absolute garbage for years and i shook my head in bitter disbelief when i saw he was one of the presenters. further shows the grammys don’t *really* care at all about inclusivity/progress,” one person tweeted of Burr Sunday evening.
Burr made a series of comments deemed controversial, saying, “The feminists are going nuts. Why is the cis-white male doing all this Latino stuff?”
He also said he couldn’t pronounce the name of the best regional Mexican music album winner, Natalia Lafourcade.
“I can’t say this name,” he said. “The Grammy goes to Natalia Lafourcade. I will accept on behalf of her. If I butchered her name, I’m sorry. Natalia, you won.”
And at another point, Burr joked about suicide.
“Was I the only one who wanted to kill himself during that piano solo? I bought a suit for this,” he said. “I thought it was going to be on TV. I’m such a moron. I’m losing so much money right now.”
Social media users attacked the comedian and questioned why he was selected to present.
While I’m not suggesting Bill Burr is a racist, a white man having a non-white wife can sometimes be a sign of racism. So you shouldn’t assume someone isn’t racist just because they own a minority sex servant. They may very well have one because they’re racist.
— Clayburn Griffin (@Clayburn) March 15, 2021
The @RecordingAcad needs to own up to this failure of selecting Bill Burr as a presenter. What a terrible choice. He clearly does not recognize how important this is for artists. If you can’t get a presenter who gives a fck how do you expect anyone to take you seriously.
— ♡ binniebear⁷ (@kittievante) March 14, 2021
i miss 10 minutes ago when i didn’t know who bill burr was #GRAMMYs
— misa ✦ watch sk8 the infinity (@micheyay) March 14, 2021
Gonna be honest and say I blame the Grammys for the Bill Burr fiasco… his actions and words today are par for his course and maybe just shouldn’t have been a part of that moment. It was their choice to add him to a situation that didn’t need or require that kind of levity.
— ⟭⟬ rational army ⟬⟭⁷? (@ot7tnnoona) March 15, 2021
Other users rallied around Burr, who made a name for himself in comedy over politically incorrect jokes.
Bill Burr is trending so I’m assuming all the right people are mad about something.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 14, 2021
*Bill Burr intentionally makes Politically incorrect jokes
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— Tyler Mills?? (@tylermills151) March 14, 2021
It’s the quarterly attempt at cancelling Bill Burr for being hilarious I see.
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) March 14, 2021
Bill Burr is the only reason I even considered watching a 6 minute clip of the grammys. It was worth.
— Surge (@Surge_Games91) March 15, 2021
Burr made headlines earlier this month when he defended his former Mandalorian castmate Gina Carano, who was fired from the Disney+ show after posting conservative views on social media.
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“She was an absolute sweetheart — super nice f—ing person. And you know, whatever, somehow someone will take this video and f—ing make me say something else and try to get rid of my bald action figure,” Burr said on The Bill Bert Podcast, alluding to how Hasbro discontinued action figures of Carano’s character.
“I’m on that f—ing show. Now, I gotta watch what the f— I say,” he added.
