When "Bros" opened, he again warned "homophobes" to skip the film.
At the same time, Eichner blamed "straight people" for the movie's poor box office showing.Several Twitter users ridiculed the actor for scaring away viewers and then complaining when people didn't go see the film."HAHA SUCK IT HOMOPHOBES!" he wrote, with screenshots of Eichner's aforementioned tweets, adding afterwards, "wtf the homophobes didn't see my movie.".
Seth Rogen, left, and Billy Eichner attend the world premiere of Disney's "The Lion King" at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on July 09, 2019.
"Billy Eichner made a big deal about ‘Bros’ having an all LGBT cast, included a joke at straight peoples' expense in the trailer, and is now whining that it flopped because "homophobic" straights didn't see itPhiladelphia magazine editor-at-large Ernest Owens wrote, "As a Black queer man, I can personally tell you why I didn't go see it in the box office: Because Billy Eichner is obnoxious (and corny) as hell."