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Jamie Foxx. (AP)
Jamie Foxx. (AP)

Los Angeles – Jamie Foxx received extreme backlash on social media after he made an inappropriate joke about Bruce Jenner and his reported gender transformation.

Foxx made the joke during the opening of the iHeart Radio Music Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles.

Foxx said the following while a photo of Bruce Jenner appeared on a big screen behind him: "We have some groundbreaking performances here too tonight. We got Bruce Jenner, will be here doing some musical performances. He’s doing a his and her duet all by himself."

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