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# Comedian Bill Burr Joked About Caitlyn Jenner On _Conan_ and People Aren't Happy

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_Published 2015-08-20. Investigators are recommending that Caitlyn Jenner be charged with manslaughter after her crash in February killed one woman._


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[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Aug 21, 2015 3:16 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Aug 21, 2015 3:16 PM UTC

Bill Burr is known for his speaking his mind and he did just that on _Conan_ Thursday night — and his comments are angering a lot of people.

The comedian used his time on _Conan_ to comment on Caitlyn Jenner’s transition. In the segment, Burr joked about the size of Jenner’s breasts. He also said that he missed Bruce Jenner already and wished he had been given “a chance to say goodbye” to the Bruce Jenner he watched on the Olympics and _CHiPs_ and “that horrible show his wife watches.” Burr also used the pronoun “him” to address Jenner and then waxed on about people’s sensitivity to pronoun usage.

Burr claimed he wasn’t “being a jerk,” but some people on the internet seem to disagree.

So far O’Brien’s team has stayed silent, although it does look like they deleted a tweet saying “Bill supports Caitlyn’s transition into a woman, but wishes he got a chance to say goodbye to Bruce” and swapped it for this:


_Read next:_ [_Sheriffs to Recommend Manslaughter Charges Against Caitlyn Jenner_](http://time.com/4005340/caitlyn-jenner-car-crash/?iid=time%5Freadnext)

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