Actor Jamie Fox apologizes to :
his followers after :
misunderstanding his publication on :
" Killing Christ" and betrayal "
The American actor :
Jamie Fox :
apologized and deleted a post he shared on his Instagram account
after raising a controversy over its inclusion of
"anti-Semitism"
and phrases regarding the killing of Jesus in reference to Jews.
Fox had shared a post in front of
his 16.7 million followers :
saying :
- "They killed that man Christ? So what do they do to you??!
- "The post was also appended to
- hashtags such as # Friends _ Fake and # Love _ False.
For their part :
some social media users considered that :
the message published appeared to reflect :
the anti-Semitic belief that the Jewish people were collectively responsible for the killing of Christ, leading to violence and massacres against Jews over many centuries.
Subsequently :
Fox deleted his post and apologized "to the Jewish community
and to everyone who was offended by my publication"
claiming that it had been misinterpreted.
He added :
I now know that my choice of words has caused offence
and I am sorry. This was not my intention at all .
For the sake of clarity :
I was betrayed by a fake friend
- and that's what I meant by those words, not anything else
- It should be noted that the famous Hollywood actress
- Jennifer Anishton, was criticized for "liking" this post.
Anishton :
54, who has about 43 million followers on Instagram :
later insisted that :
she had mistakenly clicked on the "like me" option
adding :
It makes me feel really sick.
I didn't "like" this post either intentionally or coincidentally.
It should be noted that ;
Representative Fox underwent hospital treatment :
for a mysterious emergency problem and recently expressed his strong commitment to the Christian faith and his involvement in the Church. His publication may be directed at a Jewish friend.
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