THE PREGNANT man emoji has been slammed by Piers Morgan and Tucker Carlson.
Apple's recent update introduces a number of new emojis- including the one of a pregnant man that has divided opinion.
Among the new batch of emojis are also a gender-neutral pregnant person and one bearing a crown.
The emojis have already caused a stir on social media with some users feeling it was a necessary addition and others joking it's a "beer belly emoji."
According to Emojipedia, Apple wanted to make the emoji keyboard "more consistent and gender-inclusive."
It said that the emoji can be "for representation by trans men, non-binary people, or women with short hair."
Sun columnist Piers Morgan blasted the emoji on Saturday, tweeting: "Apple’s new pregnant man emoji. Words fail me. #TheWorldsGoneNuts."
His tweet received hundreds of comments with many users defending the new emoji.
Someone wrote: "Why do you care" while another one commented: "It's called being accepting of trans men, sorry that offends you."
Another person joked: "I thought it was just an excessive pie and chips beer drinker emoji??"
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Meanwhile, Fox News host Tucker Carlson has referred to the new pregnant man emoji while speaking about "how dangerous misinformation is."
He said: "Disinformation is not pregnant men.
"That's real because in the real world men can very easily get pregnant if they don't get the proper precautions," he added sarcastically.
"Watch out guys, it could happen to you.
"Apple's new iPhone update includes a reminder of the warning. It's a pregnant man emoji.
"For the extra cautious the official emoji committee also released a pregnant person emoji since you can also get pregnant even if you don't have a gender.
"How would that happen exactly? Shut up, it does, Apple says it does."
The additions are just a few of more than a hundred set to land on the iPhone soon.
Early testers of iOS 15.4 can get hold of them now.
Among them are seven brand new facial expressions, with a melting face meant for sarcasm, embarrassment, or heat and a salute as a "sign of respect".
Some 25 new versions of the handshake emoji have been introduced with different skin tone combinations.
Elsewhere, there's now a disco ball, heart hands, a dotted line face, and a troll.
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