Caitlyn Jenner is being absolutely roasted for an incredible blunder online.
The reality star, 74, has begun dabbling in politics and is a known fan of Donald Trump, previously getting into a spat with Piers Morgan over the former US president.
Now Caitlyn has come under fire for an interaction with Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr, as he whined about the fact it’s generally socially unacceptable to use ‘the R word’ these days.
He wrote: ‘I know you’re not allowed to use the R word that was a big part of our vernacular growing up if you’re my age, but there has to be exceptions, right??? Because this is f&$king re$?&;ed!’
Caitlyn righteously responded that she wasn’t afraid to use the word.
She wrote: ‘I’ll say it RETARTED!’
Except, you know, that’s misspelled.
It didn’t take long for people to begin absolutely bodying Caitlyn in the replies, with one writing ‘misspelling that word specifically is so goddamn funny.’
‘You actually can’t make this up,’ one Twitter (X) user wrote to the tuner of 21,000 likes.
One person declared it an ‘all time classic’ moment on Twitter, while another said ‘to be so loud & still misspell it is bats**t crazy’.
And as one person put it: ‘Can’t even slur properly.’
The Special Olympics describes the ‘R word’ as a form of hate speech; it first emerged as a medical term, ie ‘mental retardation’ but in the decades since became used as a mocking term for people with intellectual disabilities.
In 2010, ‘intellectual disability’ replaced the original medical term in US federal law after then-president Barack Obama signed ‘Rosa’s Law’.
Caitlyn’s unwavering support for Obama’s successor Trump saw her get in an argument with former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers last year after the politician complained about how he had been edited in a teaser video for Piers’ first episode of his show Uncensored.
Caitlyn took issue with the teaser, which appeared to show Trump, 75, storming off set, while the former president issued a statement claiming the clip was ‘doctored’ and that he did not walk off camera.
Supporting Trump, Caitlyn wrote on Twitter: ‘This is a pathetic attempt to use President Trump as a way to revive the career of a failed television host … I have just had my management cancel my appearance with you for this Wednesday because of your repulsive misconduct today.’
She also responded to Donald Jr, writing of Piers: ‘He is a pathetic. Expose him! Never will do his show again! Ever! @piersmorgan.’
Piers responded: ‘Hi Caitlyn, I thought you hated cancel culture?
‘I did a 75-minute interview with President Trump, why don’t you actually watch it before deciding how I behaved?’
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