NBA star Kobe Bryant got extremely upset and seemed to use a homophobic slur to offend a NBA referee called Bennie Adams during a Los Angeles Lakers game on Tuesday night (April 12)- watch video below.

The rep gave Kobe a technical foul in the 3rd quarter. The Lakers star was visibly angry when he screamed for the ref, who seemed to ignore him. Then, Kobe appeared to mouth “f**king f**got” as one of the announcers said, “You might wanna take the cameras off of him right now, for the children watching.”

Gay right group, Human Right Campaign, quickly reacted to Kobe’s homophobic outburst and released the following statement:

“What a disgrace for Kobe Bryant to use such horribly offensive and distasteful language, especially when millions of people are watching.”

“Hopefully Mr. Bryant will recognize that as a person with such fame and influence, the use of such language not only offends millions of LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] people around the world, but also perpetuates a culture of discrimination and hate that all of us, most notably Mr. Bryant, should be working to eradicate.”

Kobe Bryant Homophobic Slur Video