SNL comedian Michael Che used a joke about Kanye West to take a dig at Caitlyn’s identity during the ‘Weekend Update’ segment.
He said: “At first I thought Kanye was losing his mind… and now I feel like he’s fine, he’s just turning into an old white lady.”
The comedian continued: “I mean, he used to be one of the coolest black dudes on earth.
"Now he’s showing up to events in sweatpants and orthopaedic sneakers, listening to Kenny G and trying to get black people to like Trump. It’s like how long until this guy changes his name to Kathy?”
He added: “Now you might think I’m crazy, but about five years ago, there was a fella named Bruce Jenner, and he moved to Calabasas…”
The attempt at humour immediately fell flat with the audience, many of whom groaned loudly and audibly said “noooo”.
Taking to Twitter , one outraged viewer wrote: “Michael Che just deadnamed and misgendered Caitlyn Jenner on air for a joke. The joke? Implying Kanye West is trans. F**kin hell mate.”
Another tweeted the show directly, saying: “Transphobia isn’t funny”.
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