Bill Burr predicted feminists won’t be pleased with his role as a presenter at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
The comedian made reference to his status as a white male when presenting awards in Latin music categories on Sunday.
“The feminists are going nuts. Why is the cis-white male doing all this Latino stuff?” he said while presenting best tropical Latin album, which was won by Grupo Niche.
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Bill Burr the GOAT Lolol
Rare comedian that will joke about stuff like this pic.twitter.com/Aq5dzKva0E— Tmo (@_ThomasT) March 14, 2021
Burr also apologized for struggling with the pronunciation of Natalia Lafourcade’s name as he presented the best regional Mexican music award.
“I can’t say the name. The Grammy goes to Natalia Lafourcade. I will accept on behalf of her. If I butchered her name, I’m sorry. Natalia, you won,” he said.
The comments generated buzz on social media, to which his defenders argued against any effort to “cancel” Burr.
Fellow comedian Josh Wolf called Burr a “living legend.”
Bill Burr is a living legend. Go cancel yourselves.
— Josh Wolf (@joshwolfcomedy) March 15, 2021
Joe Walsh, a conservative talk show host and former Republican congressman from Illinois, said he likes Burr’s work, and it’s OK for others not to like it.
I think Bill Burr is hilarious. Maybe you don’t. That’s ok. But here’s 1 thing we can ALL agree on: There are no rules in comedy about who you can and can’t make fun of. You can make fun of any gender, any race, any sexual orientation, any religion, & any political cause. Right?
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 14, 2021
Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza argued Burr should be commended for not being “too cowardly to do politically incorrect stuff,” unlike others in the industry.
Bill Burr is one of the top comedians in the world right now and for one simple reason—most of the other guys like Jimmy Fallon and Trevor Noah are too cowardly to do politically incorrect stuff. So Burr and one or two others have the field pretty much to themselves #BillBurr
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) March 15, 2021
Burr made headlines earlier this month when he defended his former Mandalorian castmate Gina Carano, who was fired from the show after posting conservative views on social media.
“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, referring 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.
Award ceremonies have come under increasing scrutiny from critics who claim the nominees are too monolithic. After the “#OscarsSoWhite,” in which Twitter users called attention to the lack of racial diversity among Oscar winners in 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mandated diversity quotas to qualify for awards last year.
“The aperture must widen to reflect our diverse global population in both the creation of motion pictures and in the audiences who connect with them. The Academy is committed to playing a vital role in helping make this a reality,” the academy said in a September 2020 press release. “We believe these inclusion standards will be a catalyst for long-lasting, essential change in our industry.”
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The 63rd annual Grammy Awards were held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center Sunday night. Beyonce, who won the award for Record of the Year, received the most nominations with nine, followed by Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, and Taylor Swift with six each.
