Jamie Foxx has apologised for sharing an allegedly antisemitic message on social media, hours after Jennifer Aniston distanced herself from the post and denied liking it.
The row began after Jewish news company A Wider Frame shared a screenshot of Foxx’s Instagram post that read: “They killed this dude name Jesus...What do you think they’ll do to you?”
He added the hashtags #fakefriends and #fakelove.
A Wider Frame criticised the “horrifically antisemitic” message, highlighting how Jewish deicide – or the conspiracy that the Jews killed Jesus – has fuelled dangerous antisemitism for centuries.
"I want to apologize to the Jewish community and everyone who was offended by my post. I now know my choice of words have caused offense and I'm sorry. That was never my intent. To clarify, I was betrayed by a fake friend and that's what I meant with "they" not anything more," he wrote.
"I only have love in my heart for everyone. I love and support the Jewish community. My deepest apologies to anyone who was offended," he concluded.
A Wider Frame, a newsletter that says it aims to provide "a better overall understanding and scope of Jewish world news," shared Foxx's original post and called it "horrifically antisemitic." Actor Jennifer Aniston then re-posted A Wider Frame after she came under fire for seemingly liking Foxx's post.
"This really makes me sick," Aniston wrote in an Instagram Story. "I did not 'like' this post on purpose or by accident. And more importantly, I want to be clear to my friends and anyone hurt by this showing up in their feed - I do NOT support any type of antisemitism. And I truly don't tolerate HATE of any kind. Period."
In response to the accusations, Foxx took to Instagram on Saturday, writing “I want to apologize to the Jewish community and everyone who was offended by my post. I now know my choice of words have caused offense and I’m sorry. That was never my intent.”
Incidents of antisemitic harassment have increased in recent years, according to the Anti-Defamation League. More than 3,600 incidents of antisemitic harassment, vandalism and assault were recorded by the organization in 2022, the largest total since it began tracking incidents in 1979. Foxx has largely been out of the public eye since being hospitalized with a “medical condition” in April. In a since-deleted Instagram post the following day, Corinne Foxx indicated her father was “already on the way to recovery.” He broke his silence nearly a month later, and was later seen at a physical rehabilitation facility in Chicago. Foxx reportedly missed the premiere of his latest film, They Cloned Tyrone, in June. He was seen publicly for the first time last month aboard a boat on the Chicago River.
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