Australian comedian Alex Williamson has taken the internet by storm, and not in a good way. The hashtag #FireAlexWilliamson went viral on twitter last night because of some questionable things he said about the K-Pop band, BTS. This led to a stream of his other Islamophobic, racist, xenophobic, predatory tweets being revealed, and we just have one thing to say: It’s not funny.
I slamophobia is not funny.
directioners y'all seeing this? time to put aside our differences x #FireAlexWilliamson pic.twitter.com/zGFwf7QeKO
— megh⁷ ⟭⟬ (@ddaechvvita) June 19, 2019
There are certain things you just don’t joke about. Like CONSENT. Once again, it’s not funny. It’s not comedy.
You mean r*pe.
This vile person needs to go.#FireAlexWilliamson pic.twitter.com/dI35HbahjK— rj (@BTS_twt92) June 19, 2019
There’s a word for people who joke about consent:
Rapists
Absolutely disgusting
Pls end this man rn #FireAlexWilliamson #Channel9Apologise pic.twitter.com/zb7WCa0nEj
— (@jktrivias) June 19, 2019
……..
There were also Racist tweets:
a disgusting man. #FireAlexWilliamson pic.twitter.com/YXRotyTn8l
— ni (@jjkseclipse) June 19, 2019
This isn’t the first time a comedian has been called out for being problematic. Last year, comedian Kevin Hart had to step down as a host for the Oscars because of a few homophobic tweets that resurfaced.
Roseanne Barr also received a lot of well-deserved backlash:
