Jason Derulo Slammed By South Africans After Asking ‘Do You Speak English’

Introducing the facepalm of the day, Jason Derulo has managed to anger an entire country after ignorantly asking the audience if they spoke English at the South African Of The Year Awards.

WE ARE CRINGING SO HARD ON HIS BEHALF.

The American singer was the headline act at the awards, which took place last night, when the gaffe took place - with Jason reportedly quipping: “Ya’ll speak English, right?”

Unsurprisingly, there was a serious backlash against Jason with many locals taking to their Twitter accounts to slam the artist, however, Jason has since tweeted in a bid to explain himself.

Defending his actions, the star wrote: “"Speaking English" remark I made, was directed to a specific table.

“It wasn’t literal, just a figure of speech when someone isn’t responding.”

However, fans are still unimpressed with his remark: