Current Events > Jimmy Kimmel under fire for being racist toward Asians after BTS COVID jokes

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Lebronwon
01/29/22 8:36:11 AM
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https://twitter.com/remkoobi/status/1487139432725635074

https://twitter.com/epipeny/status/1487149191784992768

https://twitter.com/epipeny/status/1487202439699009539

https://twitter.com/epipeny/status/1487228222022434821

https://twitter.com/fatedmoonchild/status/1487177247530364931



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Hummer 2
01/29/22 8:41:16 AM
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liberalism is the most contagious disease
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masterbarf
01/29/22 8:41:32 AM
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Even though I don't know what the joke is, I'm going to ask when did people forget what comedy is?.

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whitelytning
01/29/22 8:43:53 AM
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People just want to be victims if they think this was racist.

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Zikten
01/29/22 8:44:01 AM
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Bring back Conan. Give him Jimmy Kimmels show
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MixedRaceBaby
01/29/22 8:44:18 AM
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masterbarf posted...
Even though I don't know what the joke is, I'm going to ask when did people forget what comedy is?.
it was just a prank!

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fohstick
01/29/22 8:44:34 AM
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is jimmy, dare i say, our guy now?
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Jiek_Fafn
01/29/22 8:46:14 AM
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BTS fans are insane. They remind me of Supernatural fans but with a much larger base. The guys in BTS at least do their best to steer them in positive directions, but they cannot fully control them.

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BeesKnees
01/29/22 8:48:06 AM
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Hummer 2 posted...
liberalism is the most contagious disease
lmao

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Ushiromiya
01/29/22 8:50:35 AM
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This is just bts stan twitter, right?

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CyricZ
01/29/22 8:54:58 AM
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masterbarf posted...
Even though I don't know what the joke is, I'm going to ask when did people forget what comedy is?.
Is it that thing that is holy and sacred and no one can ever critique its quality?

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Squall28
01/29/22 8:59:02 AM
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Isn't this just a boy band joke?

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Sayoria
01/29/22 9:02:56 AM
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Squall28 posted...
Isn't this just a boy band joke?

Yep. In fact, I think that this is more of a positive for BTS than anything, because he admits that BTS's fandom is crazy compared to the boybands of the past.

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lilORANG
01/29/22 9:09:52 AM
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So he said "BTS fever"? Isn't that a thing people actually say? Remember when Bieber fever was a thing? Nobody thought that was a reference to Bird flu or whatever tf was the popular disease back then.

BTS isn't even Chinese. I don't like Jimmy either but this is hella reaching.

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TommyG663513
01/29/22 9:24:25 AM
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I just want to see Kimmel do a phony apology where he apologizes for his privilege and other garbage. I just think it'd be funny.

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Error1355
01/29/22 9:28:34 AM
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I am entirely failing to see how this (the top tweet) is racist.

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Turtlebread
01/29/22 9:31:38 AM
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This has nothing to do with liberals and everything to do with kpop stans

kpop fandom is a blight


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Squall28
01/29/22 9:32:19 AM
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Error1355 posted...
I am entirely failing to see how this (the top tweet) is racist.

Think they're making the stretch to say that Kimmel is saying BTS is super infectious and damaging to the world because they're Asian since there's some context of anti-Asian sentiment with covid. I don't think it's valid though because he compared non-Asian boy bands to the same diseases. It wasn't intended to have an Asian implication imo.

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V-E-G-Y-
01/29/22 9:35:21 AM
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Zikten posted...
Bring back Conan. Give him Jimmy Kimmels show

Dis, do da right thing!!!

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DeroIin
01/29/22 9:38:23 AM
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Kpop was a mistake

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masterbarf
01/29/22 9:46:15 AM
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CyricZ posted...
Is it that thing that is holy and sacred and no one can ever critique its quality?
No. It just seems over recent years that some people act like there are some ideas that can't be incorporated ironically into humor, even though the absurdity is the point and why it's, well, comedy. Whether it's a good joke is another question.

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MaxEffingBemis
01/29/22 9:51:48 AM
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K-pop boy bands suck. There will never be better boy bands than Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC

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fohstick
01/29/22 10:28:07 AM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...
K-pop boy bands suck. There will never be better boy bands than Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC
ok boomer
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HylianFox
01/29/22 10:46:50 AM
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I too, care deeply about the opinions of random twitter users

I don't even know wtf BTS is. It was just an "lol, boy bands" joke

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Dat_Cracka_Jax
01/29/22 10:50:12 AM
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I see five tweets from 3 different people. Is that under fire these days?

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MaxEffingBemis
01/29/22 10:50:59 AM
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fohstick posted...
ok boomer
Sorry, pop music just hit different in the late 90s

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Returning_CEmen
01/29/22 10:51:17 AM
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hope he does a mean tweets on himself

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Unsugarized_Foo
01/29/22 10:52:23 AM
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Shut up news media implanted Karen complain twitter bots for cheap click news articles

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pinky0926
01/29/22 10:53:36 AM
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...
I see five tweets from 3 different people. Is that under fire these days?

Thats how the news cycle works in the 2020s

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eston
01/29/22 10:56:54 AM
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Comparing white boy bands to infectious diseases is a-ok, but don't you dare include a Korean boy band in the joke, that makes it racist

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darkprince45
01/29/22 11:00:31 AM
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Twitter was the best social media then it became the worst. Because it became some weird echo chamber to complain about shit that isnt actually an issue, then amplify it to everyone in the world

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Lordgold666
01/29/22 11:11:03 AM
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This the guy who did black face?

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AlBundy33
01/29/22 11:27:35 AM
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Kimmel is still around?

What do people see in that shit stain?

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DemonicChaosXX
01/29/22 11:48:55 AM
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Turtlebread posted...
This has nothing to do with liberals and everything to do with kpop stans

kpop fandom is a blight
Redneck: "NO, ME WANTS TO INSULT LIBIRAILS!"

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CyricZ
01/29/22 11:55:24 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

They're... pretty big.

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R1masher
01/29/22 11:59:16 AM
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AlBundy33 posted...
Kimmel is still around?

What do people see in that shit stain?

hes the mayor of Dildo


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TendoDRM
01/29/22 12:02:36 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Yes, you are extremely out of touch if you've never even heard of BTS.

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KobiusBrandle_F
01/29/22 12:13:04 PM
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I'm a minority, I hate Kimmel, and I don't think that monologue was bad at all. People just have skin soft as tissue these days

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sLaCkEr408___RJ
01/29/22 12:18:57 PM
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I only recently started to recognize BTS stands for a Korean boy band. Not all of us pay attention to trending pop music
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Esrac
01/29/22 12:19:30 PM
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No, if you're not Korean or terminally online, you could easily go your entire life without ever having heard of a random KPop band.

I will also say, when I saw BTS in the topic title, I thought it was Behind the Scenes jokes. Like he was making off color jokes about bat soup or something when the cameras were off.
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Irony
01/29/22 12:19:48 PM
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Making fun of BTS isn't racist. Being a fan of BTS makes you a dumb dipshit though.

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Bad_Mojo
01/29/22 12:20:58 PM
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Random Tweets from random people = under fire.

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sktgamer_13dude
01/29/22 12:50:21 PM
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That seems a bit dramatic. I listen to generic pop stations all the time and have never heard of any their top listed songs, minus a clip from Butter that I can't pinpoint.

It is possible I've seen "BTS" and just wrote it off as "Behind The Scenes," though. That stuff doesn't interest me lol.

Butter has been on commercials, I forget which one.

Youve likely heard of some of their other stuff if you listen to the radio with todays songs at all, just cant pinpoint it or like Ive heard the song, know nothing about it type things.

On the topic though, this isnt racist and just Kpop fans clutching pearls for no reason.

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Arcanine2009
01/29/22 12:53:27 PM
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I don't get the first tweet video. How is that controversial or racist?

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DeroIin
01/30/22 7:29:33 PM
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Arcanine2009 posted...
I don't get the first tweet video. How is that controversial or racist?

just people looking for something to complain about

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Teh_Dr_Phil
01/30/22 7:37:00 PM
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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
I only recently started to recognize BTS stands for a Korean boy band. Not all of us pay attention to trending pop music
Then do some research or dont comment on something you know nothing about. What is so hard about that?

Also, I dont listen to the radio at all, really, or follow any trending music outside of stuff my wife listens to (like Taylor Swift or Olivia Rodrigo) and Ive heard of BTS and am aware they are insanely huge. Like someone earlier said, you have to be living under a rock to some degree to not at least recognize the name.

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_HayleyWilliams
01/30/22 7:41:17 PM
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Will Fox News be offended by Jimmy Kimmel, or defend him against "cancel culture"?

I guess it depends on how they can best use this non-story to trigger the libs.

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NoxObscuras
01/30/22 8:05:17 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

They are huge worldwide. It's definitely possible to not know who they are, but chances are you've heard their music without realizing it. They've worked with tons of western artists, like Halsey, Ed Sheeran, Sia, Steve Aoki, Charli XCX, The Chainsmokers, Nicki Minaj, etc. The list goes on. It's not just their fans making them sound bigger than they are.

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