Steve Martin Faces Backlash For Sexist Carrie Fisher Tribute Tweet

Like many celebrities, Steve Martin took to Twitter to express his condolences after the death of Carrie Fisher. Unlike, many celebrities, Martin drew fire for his tribute being sexist.

STEVE MARTIN UNDER FIRE FOR SEXIST CARRIE FISHER TWEET

“When I was a young man, Carrie Fisher was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen,” the now-deleted tweet began. “She turned out to be witty and bright as well.” Many fans quickly jumped on the sexist message in the tweet.

“I think she aspired to something higher than just being pretty,” one user replied. “How do you want to be remembered?”

Seriously @SteveMartinToGo quit being such a jerk for thinking Carrie Fisher was beautiful and saying so on the occasion of her death…

— SarahLee (@sarailola) December 28, 2016

Steve Martin’s tweet about Carrie Fisher is extremely bad https://t.co/if7QV6Ow3b

— The Cut (@TheCut) December 27, 2016

Others, however, ran to Martin’s defense.

Here’s Steve Martin’s fine little tweet praising Carrie Fisher that some grumps pressured him to delete. pic.twitter.com/A1W5qYkdwI

— Capitalics (@Capitalics) December 28, 2016

#SteveMartin tweet about #CarrieFisher
Am I missing something?
What is the squak about?
Sounded lovely to me

— deplorable MOM (@GiglioMarilyn) December 28, 2016

Fisher herself had always been, like her mother, an outspoken advocate for women’s rights, and condemned sexism and ageism in Hollywood. In 2015, she tweeted out that “Youth&BeautyR/NOT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.” It seems Fisher would not have been amused by Martin’s tweet either.

Youth&BeautyR/NOT ACCOMPLISHMENTS,theyre theTEMPORARY happy/BiProducts/of Time&/or DNA/Dont Hold yourBreath4either/ifUmust holdAir/takeGarys

— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) December 30, 2015