Vanity Fair's Michael B. Jordan & 'Creed' Director Pic Hit With Anti-Gay Comments

Vanity Fair recently profiled "Creed" star Michael B. Jordan and the film's director Ryan Coogler, after the two men became some of the biggest subjects of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy (they were both snubbed for an Academy Award nod for Best Actor and Best Director, while Sylvester Stallone, one of the only white actors in the flick, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor). But Jordan and Coogler may have found themselves mixed up in a different and just as troubling controversy.

In the piece published by Vanity Fair, which is a part of the publication's lineup of "disrupters" who are "revolutionizing, art, film, and fashion," Jordan, 29, who plays a young black boxer in "Creed," is lauded for helping "thrust what could have been fringe stories into mainstream conversation." Meanwhile Vanity Fair says Coogler, 29, has "succeeded as a young, black filmmaker in what is often criticized as an old, white industry."

But social media commenters didn't focus on the duo's accomplishments. Mic reports Internet personality B. Scott posted the photo published in Vanity Fair's piece to his Facebook page, which sparked some people leave some anti-gay and insensitive remarks.

"He looks like he's about to give him head. What is this," wrote Facebook user CeCe Porter, who received more than 100 likes.

"Here we go!!!!!! Hollyweird with their homosexual agenda, jamming it in our face," wrote Petro Felton. "I'm convinced Hollyweird is obsessed with gayness. Welcome to Hollyweird, how bad do you want it."

"I dont understand. Why this pose? They could've used any pose, but they chose this one," wrote Anna Fuiava.

"You don't cup your brother's head like that. The gesture carrries a latent sexual signal," another Facebook user added.

As the Advocate points out, not all the remarks were negative; many users took issue with the anti-gay remarks left on the pic.

"I feel sorry for some people that sexualize everything," one user wrote. "It shows you are insecure about your own sexualities. All I see is two black men embracing one another like brothers."

As of this writing, Scott's post has over 5.2 thousand likes and nearly 630 shares. Click here to check out the post.