Steve Harvey’s New Year’s Eve Outfit Is the 1st Casualty of Black Twitter for the 1-8

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I guess that Trump Plaza photo op got Steve Harvey something besides the ire of black folks and lost viewership.

The big-toothed comedian appeared as a host for Fox TV’s New Year’s Eve With Steve Harvey: Live From Times Square in Big Mama’s white coat, a hoodie of sorts to cover his ears, and a winter-white hat to match his chompers.

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Chile—he was compared to everyone from Boss Hogg from The Dukes of Hazzard to Olivia Pope from Scandal and Mary J. Blige from her Share My World album cover.

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And then there was this:

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He also pissed off Fox viewers by saying, “Three little black boys singing a song better than any white person I know.”

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Not quite a redemption song, but if they didn’t know he was black before, that outfit told it.

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Hello, 2018. Let the shade begin.