Overview

DJ Khaled Oral Sex Controversy refers to the public reaction to a 2014 interview on The Breakfast Club radio program with music producer DJ Khaled, who said that he does not perform oral sex on his wife. Many, including some celebrities, responded to the comments by mocking or chastising Khaled.

Background

On November 21st, 2014, The Breakfast Club radio program interviewed music producer DJ Khaled.^[1] During the discussion, Khaled said that there are different rules for men and women, which he refers to as kings and queens, which he used to justify his refusal to perform oral sex on his wife, Nicole Tuck. He said, "It’s different rules for men. We the king, so there’s some things y’all might not wanna do, [but] it gotta get done. I just can’t do what you want me to do. I just can’t." When asked if he ever performs oral sex on Tuck, he said, "Never! I don’t do that."

Developments

On May 4th, 2018, Twitter ^[2] user @howcomeyousmell tweeted a clip of DJ Khaled talking about not performing oral sex. They added the caption, "ok so I'm convinced he has the mind of a teenage boy." The post (shown below) received more than 26,000 retweets and 80,000 likes in two days.

Online Reaction

People responded negatively to Khaled's comments. The following day, Twitter^[4] user @Nazaninkavari tweeted, "And this is why I’ll never rely on a man for shit. He really said 'do you like the house you living in? Your clothes?' What a disgusting mentality." The post (shown below, left) received more than 21,000 retweets and 56,000 likes in two days.

That day, Twitter user@ LOTNorm tweeted^[13] a picture from the trailer for the superhero film Venom of the character with his long tongue out. They captioned the post (shown below, center) received more than 4,600 retweets and 23,000 likes in two days.

Throughout the weekend, people on Twitter continued to share their disappointment in Khaled's comments (example below, right).

On May 5th, Redditor ^[11] bhowax2wheels posted about the controversy in the /r/OutOfTheLoop subreddit.

On May 6th, Twitter^[12] user @TREEKASS tweeted a video of a man playing Guitar Hero with his tongue. They captioned the post, "me putting my name in dj khaled’s girls phone." The post (shown below) received more than 540 retweets and 1,700 likes in two days.

Smash Mouth Tweet

That day, the official Twitter^[3] account for the band Smash Mouth retweeted an article about the video from The Root.^[6] They captioned the post, "A King who doesn't is no King at all." The post (shown below) received more than 67,000 retweets and 255,000 likes in two days.

The Rock Tweet

On May 4th, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson responded to The Root's tweet about the article. He tweeted,^[5] "Ahem.. *clears throat*
as a man, I take great pride in mastering ALL performances. This is probably a little TMI.. I will now quietly excuse myself from this fun thread 👀." Within in two days, the post (shown below) received more than 16,000 retweets and 91,000 likes.

Media Coverage

Several media outlets covered the controversy, including The Root,^[7] The Independent,^[8] Mashable, ^[9] HuffPost^[10] and more.

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