Justin Bieber’s dad gets slammed for telling everyone to ‘thank straight people’ during Pride Month

Justin Bieber's dad has found himself in some rather hot water after he took to social media to lash out at the LGBTIQ+ community during Pride Month.

Jeremy Bieber, 48, took to Twitter on Wednesday June 7 to share a homophobic meme.

The image featured a rainbow flag alongside a sarcastic, snarky caption: "Don’t forget to thank a straight person this month for your existence."

The Canadian pop-star's dad soon deleted the post after what we can only assume was an insurmountable wave of social media backlash.

The now-deleted tweet comes only two days after he took to social media to share a few more of his bright ideas.

The 48-year-old, who has fathered four children to three different women, posted that he reckons people 'need to celebrate families'.

Jeremy tweeted: "You know the reason we’re all here. The things this generation glorifies is unbelievable."

Oof. Read the room, man.

Anyway, somewhat unsurprisingly, people on social media kicked right off.

One Twitter user said: "I didn't know I could hate someone as much as I hate Justin Bieber, but here is his Dad."

A second backed them up with: "Broke a*s deadbeat who leeches off his own kid. Fix your own life first."

When faced with trolling, homophobia or other internet unpleasantness, some like to tackle the hate with humor or sarcasm.

Which several did.

One piped up with: "B**h, I’m gay and I can have kids if I want."

Another quipped: "Thank you to my heterosexual dad for being so f**king insufferable to deal with that my mom divorced him and finally felt comfortable to come out and now I have not one but two amazing moms."

One person spat the hard truths: "Straight people gave us Justin Bieber so they should apologize."

Many were ready to pile on the 48-year-old for his absence during his son's childhood.

Several called Jeremy out for not being as present as a father while Justin’s mom, Pattie Mallette, held down the fort as a single mother.

One person joked: "Don’t forget to thank your son cause he’s the reason your electricity hasn’t been shut off yet."

Yikes. It's savage out there.

But that's what happens when you tell the queer community to thank their oppressors for the opportunity, we guess.

Justin, 29, is yet to publicly comment on his father's homophobic Pride message.

UNILAD approached the Canadian singer for comment.