In May, actor Jamie Foxx received criticism for his disrespectful mockery of sign language, which he used during his recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Foxx appeared on the show to promote his new Fox game show, “Beat Shazam.” As host Fallon was going to commercial, actor Foxx made several hand gestures that were meant to mimic a sign language interpretation of what Fallon was saying, making Fallon laugh. However, all the “signs” were made up, as Foxx was attempting a joke at the expense of people who use sign language. Actress Marlee Matlin tweeted in response: “Mr. @iamjamiefoxx. I'd be happy to give you sign language lessons so you could be funnier.” and model Nyle DiMarco did as well: “It is straight up disrespectful
