Wiz Khalifa accused of homophobia after saying men shouldn’t bite bananas in public
Khalifa said: “You gotta break it in half, ’cause if you bite a banana, you sus” (Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM/youtube)
Wiz Khalifa has been called homophobic after he warned men not to eat full bananas in public.
The 30-year-old US rapper, best known for number one songs like “See You Again” and “Black and Yellow,” made the comments during a radio interview this week.
A study last year found there is a strong link between men who feel that their masculinity is undermined, and men who take solace in sexist or homophobic humour.
Khalifa is a 30-year-old father of one (Bryan Bedder/Getty)
Khalifa opened the segment by telling New York’s Power 105.1 FM presenter Charlamagne tha God, seemingly unprompted: “You gotta break it in half, ’cause if you bite a banana, you sus.”
The host responded: “God damn, Wiz! That’s how you wanna start the interview off?”
This didn’t put the singer-songwriter off though, as he continued: “Nah, if you a n***a, like, n****s gotta break the banana in half.”
Wiz Khalifa’s worst nightmare, apparently (instagram/siwonchoi)
Charlamagne responded: “What you mean, you just peel it and bite it!”
“Nah, see, that’s the thing,” Khalifa told him. “You gotta break it in pieces bro.”
“Why? It’s just a fruit.”
“I’m just trying to help you out, bro,” the singer replied. “If you’re in public, and you’re eating a banana, just break it into pieces.”
Charlamagne was visibly shocked (Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM/youtube)
Charlamagne’s co-host Angela Yee quipped: “You gotta eat the bananas like, real sloppy.”
Khalifa replied firmly, telling her: “No. No,” before adding: “You can do that.
“You get more followers that way.”
People were quick to call out Khalifa online, with actor and video producer Quinta Brunson writing: “You miss out on so many good things in life when you are homophobic.”
You miss out on so many good things in life when you are homophobic. https://t.co/66I80PhEjR
— Quinta (@quintabrunson) July 19, 2018
Another person tweeted: “*dying of hunger on a deserted island* *finds a bunch of bananas* wiz: no homo tho *dies*.”
*dying of hunger on a deserted island*
*finds a bunch of bananas*
wiz: no homo tho
*dies* https://t.co/9tNQxgTBB9
— – (@coffincruiser) July 19, 2018
One Twitter user said: “i find really funny that whenever he eats bananas wiz khalifa’s mind goes to gay dudes and blowjobs.”
i find really funny that whenever he eats bananas wiz khalifa’s mind goes to gay dudes and blowjobs
— ine (@YoongiTheSmol) July 19, 2018
Another promised: “Mark my words, if I ever see Wiz, I’m gonna eat a banana in slow-mo and never break eye contact.”
Mark my words, if I ever see Wiz, I’m gonna eat a banana in slow-mo and never break eye contact. https://t.co/lQYUHvd6uo
— Tim Hendricks (@Saltwatertattoo) July 20, 2018
And yet another wrote: “Wiz Khalifa said in an interview that it’s gay for men to eat bananas. … can you imagine your masculinity being THAT fragile? C’mon Wiz #WizKhalifa.”
Wiz Khalifa said in an interview that it’s gay for men to eat bananas. … can you imagine your masculinity being THAT fragile? C’mon Wiz #WizKhalifa
— DAVEEherman (@PennMonster) July 19, 2018
In 2016, Wiz Khalifa was involved in an argument with Kanye West which saw West taunted for insisting: “Exes can be mad but just know, I never let them play with my ass.”
Many were quick to champion butt play after West claimed: “I stay away from that area all together.”
“If you’re in public, and you’re eating a banana, just break it into pieces” (Kevin Winter/Getty)
Khalifa’s comments were also reminiscent of when Bolivian President Evo Morales said that eating chicken turns men gay because it’s “loaded with female hormones.”
He added that he only eats non-genetically modified chicken to avoid becoming gay or effeminate.
Watch the clip here:
