<p>Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is facing a backlash after some of his jokes at the Academy awards were deemed offensive.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 39-year-old creator of edgy animated sitcoms 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad', had been billed as the saviour of the show after a series of below par performances by hosts in recent years.<br /><br />However, he faced a backlash after his performance, with perhaps the most controversial joke being that only one actor had really got "into Lincoln's head" - John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated the US president.<br /><br />Responding to the boos from the audience, the host said, "150 years and it's still too soon."<br /><br />MacFarlane also sang a song in which he listed a string of actresses in the audience who had appeared topless in films, The Telegraph reported.<br /><br />In a pot shot at Daniel Day-Lewis, the MacFarlane said, "If you bumped into (black actor) Don Cheadle on the studio lot, did you try to free him? How deep does your method go?"<br /><br />He also suggested that the film 'Django Unchained', which features many racial epithets, had been based on Mel Gibson's voicemails - and described the violent movie as singers Chris Brown and Rihanna's idea of a "date movie". Brown famously assaulted his girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.<br /><br />In one segment he used the animated teddy bear from his hit film 'Ted' to make a joke about Jews controlling Hollywood. The bear, voiced by MacFarlane, said, "I was born Theodore Shapiro and I would like to donate to Israel and continue to work in Hollywood forever."<br /><br />The Anti-Defamtion League, a Jewish media monitoring group, said it was "offensive and not remotely funny. It only reinforces stereotypes which legitimise anti-Semitism."<br /><br />Time TV critic James Poniewozik called MacFarlane "American Dud" and said the performance "had a nasty streak, particularly concerning women."</p>
<p>Oscar host Seth MacFarlane is facing a backlash after some of his jokes at the Academy awards were deemed offensive.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 39-year-old creator of edgy animated sitcoms 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad', had been billed as the saviour of the show after a series of below par performances by hosts in recent years.<br /><br />However, he faced a backlash after his performance, with perhaps the most controversial joke being that only one actor had really got "into Lincoln's head" - John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated the US president.<br /><br />Responding to the boos from the audience, the host said, "150 years and it's still too soon."<br /><br />MacFarlane also sang a song in which he listed a string of actresses in the audience who had appeared topless in films, The Telegraph reported.<br /><br />In a pot shot at Daniel Day-Lewis, the MacFarlane said, "If you bumped into (black actor) Don Cheadle on the studio lot, did you try to free him? How deep does your method go?"<br /><br />He also suggested that the film 'Django Unchained', which features many racial epithets, had been based on Mel Gibson's voicemails - and described the violent movie as singers Chris Brown and Rihanna's idea of a "date movie". Brown famously assaulted his girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.<br /><br />In one segment he used the animated teddy bear from his hit film 'Ted' to make a joke about Jews controlling Hollywood. The bear, voiced by MacFarlane, said, "I was born Theodore Shapiro and I would like to donate to Israel and continue to work in Hollywood forever."<br /><br />The Anti-Defamtion League, a Jewish media monitoring group, said it was "offensive and not remotely funny. It only reinforces stereotypes which legitimise anti-Semitism."<br /><br />Time TV critic James Poniewozik called MacFarlane "American Dud" and said the performance "had a nasty streak, particularly concerning women."</p>