Kid Rock Drops Slur on Fox News While Describing His Halloween Costume

Kid Rock drops slur on Fox News while describing his Halloween costume

The conservative country rock singer ridiculed the use of face masks amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Kid RockKid Rock won't rest until everyone knows his views on the COVID-19 pandemic.The conservative country rock singer appeared on Friday's episode of the Fox News program Jesse Watters Primetime, where he asked the host a simple, seemingly politically neutral question: "What are you going to be for Halloween?" Watters ex…

Kid Rock Uses Offensive Slur On Fox News To Describe His Halloween Costume—And Jesse Watters Just Laughs It Off

Far-right musician Kid Rock was called out after he appeared on Fox News and used the "r-word"—a known ableist slur—to describe his Halloween costume this year.The R-word is a derogatory term derived from "mental retardation," which was introduced in 1961 as a medical term for individuals with intellectual disabilities. However, the term has since been co-opted as an insult, widely used in everyday language.According to the Special Olympics—the …