Watch: People Aren't Laughing at 'SNL' Star Michael Che's Jab About Caitlyn Jenner

Comedian Michael Che, who co-hosts the "Saturday Night Live" segment "Weekend Update," is getting backlash for a joke he made about Caitlyn Jenner that many deemed transphobic.

During the segment on the show's latest episode, Che rails against Kanye West and the release of his new Christian-inspired gospel album "Jesus is King."

"At first, I thought Kanye was losing his mind, and now I feel like he's fine. He's just turning into an old white lady," Che said. "I mean, he used to be, like, one of the coolest black dudes on earth. Now he's showing up to events in sweatpants and orthopedic sneakers, listening to Kenny G and trying to get black people to like Trump. It's like, how long before this guy changes his name to Kathy?"

After the audience laughed, Che decided to take a jab at Caitlyn Jenner, who was married to Kris Jenner – Kanye's mother-in-law or Kim Kardashian West's mother.

"Now, you might think that I'm crazy, but about five years ago, there was a fella named Bruce Jenner, and he moved to Calabasas..." Che said as "Weekend Update" and "SNL" writer Colin Jost giggled.

Many took issue with his comments. IndieWire's Jude Dry wrote:

In one short sentence, Che manages to use the word "fella," the incorrect pronoun, and Jenner's previous name. He misgenders her, dead-names her, and actively calls her a word that it's safe to assume she would never use to describe herself. As a refresher, using a trans person's birth name is referred to as "dead-naming," and is considered an act of violence.

Sonia Rao for The Washington Post added:

Placed in context, Che's misgendering and deadnaming of a trans woman – which, to be clear, is what most people have taken issue with, as Jenner has been the subject of other edgy jokes in the past – represents SNL's latest misstep in joking about gender identity. Any show that has aired for multiple decades is bound to fumble at times, whether due to changing social norms or the sheer volume of material put out. But SNL has grown since the days of, say, Julia Sweeney's Pat, an androgynous character introduced in the early 1990s whose comedic value came from other characters' inability to determine Pat's gender. (In 2017, "Transparent" creator Jill Soloway referred to "It's Pat" as a "hateful, awful thing to do to nonbinary people.")

People also took issue with Che's remarks on Twitter. Find the reactions below and also the clip of the "Weekend Update" in question.