Jennifer Aniston is being accused of throwing Jamie Foxx 'under the bus' after he was embroiled in an antisemitism scandal

• Jennifer Aniston is facing criticism on social media over her reaction to an Instagram post shared by Jamie Foxx.
• Foxx was accused of antisemitism after his post was interpreted as being anti-Jewish.
• Aniston appeared to have liked the now-deleted post, but later said it made her "sick."

Jennifer Aniston is facing backlash after finding herself embroiled in the saga surrounding Jamie Foxx's recent Instagram activity.

Foxx was accused by a Jewish media company of antisemitism on Saturday after he shared a post that was interpreted as being about the Jewish community. Foxx has since deleted the post and apologized.

"They killed this dude name Jesus…what do you think they'll do to you???! #fakefriends #fakelove," Foxx's post read.

Confusingly, Aniston at first appeared to have "liked" Foxx's post, but later denounced it. Her actions led to a debate on social media about the importance of cultural context and white privilege.

Foxx shared his controversial post on Friday

Foxx's post caught the attention of the Jewish news company A Wider Frame, which subsequently shared a screenshot of the post and accused Foxx of sharing a "horrifically antisemitic" message.

The myth that Jews collectively murdered Jesus, also referred to as "deicide," has been used to justify violence against Jews for centuries, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Foxx subsequently deleted his post and issued an apology. 

"I want to apologize to the Jewish community and everyone who was offended by my post," the 55-year-old actor wrote in an Instagram post on Saturday. "I now know my choice of words have caused offense and I'm sorry. That was never my intent." 

"To clarify, I was betrayed by a fake friend and that's what I meant with 'they' not anything more," he explained. "I only have love in my heart for everyone. I love and support the Jewish community. My deepest apologies to anyone who was offended."

Aniston appeared to have liked Foxx's post

The screenshot shared by A Wider Frame suggests that Aniston liked Foxx's post, which led to some criticism of her, as well as Foxx.

The "Friends" star then posted an Instagram Story in which she denounced antisemitism.

"This really makes me sick. I did not 'like' this post on purpose or by accident," she wrote. "And more importantly, I want to be clear to my friends and anyone hurt by this showing up in their feeds — I do not support any form of antisemitism. And I truly don't tolerate hate of any kind. Period." 

Aniston has since faced backlash, leading to a debate about privilege

After publicly criticizing Foxx's original post amid the backlash, Aniston has been accused by some of misinterpreting it, and throwing her "Horrible Bosses" costar "under the bus."

"This is what happens when *in-group speak* is broadcast to people who have zero Black cultural competency and have never been around Black people in a familial setting," wrote one Twitter user. "It's obvious to us what he meant, but our own cultural context has zero value or consideration outside of us."

"AAVE getting dissected by people outside of the community and then Black people having to apologize for it is but another example of folks superimposing their culture into ours," wrote another.

AAVE is an abbreviation of "African-American Vernacular English."

One person tweeted: "Why didn't Jennifer Aniston just ask someone Black or dare I say ask Jamie Foxx what he meant before blasting him? Does she have one Black friend she could have asked? It's a common phrase in the Black community which is NOT antisemitism."

Representatives for Aniston and Foxx did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.