Larry Emdurs Controversial Comment Sparks Fan Outrage

courted controversy this week on The Chase when he was called out by fans for repeatedly calling a female contestant 'boo' on Thursday night.

The nickname appeared to be a joke that evolved from him using the term 'you do you, boo' earlier in the episode. 

However, some viewers took to to express their distaste over Larry, 61, repeatedly calling the woman, named Caleah, by the 'icky' nickname. 

'Did anyone else watch The Chaser [sic] tonight? Larry Emdur was constantly calling a female contestant "boo",' one person began the social media thread.

'They all tried to laugh it off, but the contestant was clearly uncomfortable with the situation. She asked him to stop. He laughed.

'And then he did it again after she was eliminated. Did anyone else feel this was clearly out of line? To me it felt like gaslighting.' 

The thread attracted mixed reactions, with some agreeing the nickname was icky, while others said it was only a 'joke'. 

'Didn't watch, but just from hearing, that's men always downing a woman by using infantile nicknames and claiming it's "just jokes",' one person wrote.

Another person replied to that comment with the word, 'Negging,' which is a term for subtle insults or backhanded compliments.

'I didn't watch, but there is nothing worse than setting a boundary and then it being ignored and laughed at,' someone else said.

Another agreed that the behaviour was 'icky', but said 'gaslighting' was the wrong term to use.

'Not denying his behaviour was icky, but gaslighting actually means "a form of psychological manipulation and emotional abuse where someone deliberately makes you question your own memory, perception of reality, or sanity" rather than a man thinking he's better or ignoring a clear boundary set,' they wrote.

Meanwhile, other fans who watched the episode said the term 'boo' was just Larry making a call back to a 'joke' he made earlier in the episode.

'I watched it. It was from his first lame joke with the chick [Caleah] playing. "You do you, boo." Then he just became even more cringe and kept repeating the lame a*** joke,' they explained.