Jennifer Aniston has issued a statement after sparking outrage for liking Jamie Foxx's alleged "horrifically antisemitic" Instagram post.
Earlier this week, the 55-year-old actor shared a cryptic and since-deleted post to his IG that read as follows: "They killed this dude name Jesus...what do you think they'll do to you???!" He also added the hashtags #fakefriends and #fakelove.
A Wider Frame - a newsletter that says it aims to provide "current events in the Jewish world " - shared Foxx's original post and called it "horrifically antisemitic".
Many people in the community interpreted the message to be perpetuating the antisemitic belief of "Jewish deicide," which the American Jewish Committee defines as "the charge that Jews bear eternal responsibility for the death of Jesus Christ".
Read A Wider Frame's post below:Aniston, 55, became embroiled in the controversy after the screenshot shared by the organization showed someone with her name had liked the Django Unchained actor's original post.
The Friends star took to her own Instagram Story to deny any claims that she might've been supporting any messages affiliated with Foxx's deleted post.
"This really makes me sick," her statement began. "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 feeds - I do NOT support any form of antisemitism."
"I truly don’t tolerate HATE of any kind. Period," the Murder Mystery actress concluded.
The Academy award-winning actor - who has been recovering from an undisclosed medical complication - clarified that his post was not anti-semitic, but actually directed at a "fake friend" that betrayed him.
"I want to apologize to the Jewish community and everyone who was offended by my post," he wrote. "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," the Ray star continued. "I only have love in my heart for everyone. I love and support the Jewish community. My deepest apologies to anyone who was offended."
Some people have come to Foxx's defense, saying that it was a phrase commonly used by the Black community. Others, are accusing Aniston of exacerbating the apparent misunderstanding with her post in response.
Journalist Brian Krassenstein noted the incident was a reminder of "how easy it is to misunderstand people and take things out of context based on different cultural ways of looking at things," adding: "Jamie Foxx clearly apologized for being taken out of context. Can’t we just leave it at that?"
Last month, Foxx posted a three-minute video on his social media addressing the speculation as to what led to his hospitalization, although he did not reveal details of what happened.
"I know a lot of people were waiting or wanting to hear updates but to be honest with you, I just didn’t want you to see me like that, man," he said. "I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie, television show. I didn’t want you to see me with tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was gonna make it through."
"Every once in a while I just burst into tears... because it’s been tough, man, I was sick...but now I’ve got my legs under me so you’re going to see me," the Rio actor said. "I’m able to work."
