Jamie Foxx’s Most Controversial Moments

In 2017, during an appearance on “The Tonight Show,” host Jimmy Fallon introduced Jamie Foxx as the night’s guest and teased a performance by Niall Horan, while Foxx made random hand movements that appeared to be an imitation of sign language. Nyle DiMarco, a winner of both “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing with the Stars,” who is deaf, took to Facebook to express his disapproval of Foxx’s behavior, saying that it was disrespectful to the deaf and hard of hearing community. Foxx later confirmed on “The Joe Rogan Experience” that he was purposely making gibberish signs, and Marlee Matlin, an Oscar winner for “CODA,” offered to give him sign language lessons on Twitter. Foxx’s actions were met with criticism, but he refrained from apologizing with a song.