Hate Mail Over Nicki Minaj Jokes At NAACP Awards |

Deon Cole kicked off the 57th NAACP Image Awards with spicy jokes and name-dropping! His opening prayer had the viewers gasping, laughing and clapping it up. But not everybody discovered his jokes candy! Late Sunday, Deon shared some reactions to his feedback, specifically about Nicki Minaj and Tourette’s. And spoiler alert: it’s all hate mail with lil’ further hate sprinkled in.

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Deon Cole Let The Jokes Fly At The NAACP Image Awards

The jokey jabs that landed Deon Cole in sizzling water with the Barbz (Nicki Minaj followers) and Tourette’s advocates occurred proper firstly! The comic opened the present with a non-serious prayer. He began by asking the Lord to bless Teyana Taylor, and to maintain her single and away from extraordinarily good-looking males so the “common man…girl” can get an opportunity. Taylor was within the viewers, cracking up!

Later in his prayer, Cole requested God to bless Nicki Minaj. The viewers instantly laughed as her image appeared on the stage display.

“She’s been going via so much these days Lord…hasn’t been herself Lord. I imagine no matter’s in her a** is affecting her mind Lord. Take it out her a** Lord, we bind that spirit in her a** Lord.”

Afterward, Cole joked about how anybody with Tourette’s within the viewers ought to learn the NAACP Image Awards room earlier than a tic. As beforehand reported, Tourette’s campaigner, John Davidson, lately caught warmth after shouting the n-word as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo took the stage on the BAFTA Awards. Cole’s joke was a reference to that firestorm!

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Comedian Reveals Hate Mail In His DMs

After his prayer jokes, Deon Cole hopped on Instagram to indicate how of us behind IG pages had been poppin’ off in his DMs. Some of the responses appeared to come back from Barbz, per their phrase decisions whereas others appeared offended by the remark about folks with Tourette’s studying the room. From calling Deon the n-word (arduous -er at instances) to wishing dying on him, his DMs put the HATE in hate mail. He didn’t caption the put up, however practically 8,000 folks weighed in on the multi-slide insults, together with Jamie Foxx, who wrote: “Bro I really like you! You are good.”

BET Releases Statement In Support Of Deon Cole

As the hate mail went viral, BET stepping in to indicate Deon Cole some love! It shared a put up on Instagram, tagging accounts for the comic, the NAACP and the NAACP Image Awards. All the pictures featured Cole on the stage, or posing with different celebs.

“Comedians are fact tellers. Tasked with making the arduous components digestible, bringing laughs to our darkest days, equal components intelligence and humor, @deoncole, what you probably did final night time was a lesson in showmanship. Thank you for being our #NAACPImageAwards host for the second 12 months in a row. We see you.”

The put up acquired over 1,800 feedback and greater than 16,000 likes, even Jamie Foxx slid by that remark part, too. He wrote, “Incredible job!!!” See extra feedback under.