Kid Rock went off on a slur-laden tirade against several female media figures like Oprah Winfrey and Joy Behar earlier this week at the bar he owns in Nashville, until he was helped off stage by some stagehands.
The weird episode was captured in video taken by attendees of a concert held at Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk Rock N’ Roll Steakhouse in Nashville, and later posted online by TMZ. Rock, who wasn’t actually a performer on the bill, appears quite intoxicated in the video as he delivers some unprepared remarks to concertgoers. Which is where things got weird.
“I’m like, Oprah Winfrey or Joy Behar, they can suck d— sideways,” Rock tells the disbelieving crowd as he mimes pushing someone’s head to his, uh, pelvic area. Later in the video, he adds another famous name to his burn list. “F— Oprah Winfrey and f— Kathie Lee Gifford,” Rock says, prompting someone in the crowd to remark, “He’s racist. Look at him he’s blacked out drunk as f—.”
Rock seemed particularly stuck on the “sideways” imagery; he not only said it a second time while talking about Oprah, he also used it in context with his potential critics. “And if you say that, people say, ‘Hey, I’m pretty sure Kid Rock’s a racist,’” Rock continued. “I’m, like, ‘OK, fine.’ F— off.’”
Near the end of the video, which was clearly edited down, Rock told the bewildered audience that he’s “not the bad guy in this equation, I’m the f—in’ guy you want, like, hey, he’s pretty cool.” Which, OK. Watch the whole clip above.
Rock has made headlines in recent years for similar tirades. For instance, he lost his role as a Nashville parade marshal a year ago for calling Behar “that… bitch” during a Fox News appearance. Other targets have included Taylor Swift.