Sam Elliott, the Western cinema hero, is facing backlash online after criticizing Jane Campion's 12-time Oscar-nominated drama "The Power of the Dog" for including "allusions to homosexuality" and other LGBTQ themes.

According to Entertainment Weekly, the "1883" actor revealed his unexpected opinions during a recent interview on Marc Maron's "WTF Podcast."

"You want to speak about that piece of s- - t?" the 77-year-old "Tombstone" star stammered when questioned about his opinions on the daring Netflix film, which is a candidate for Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the much-lauded "The Power of the Dog" as a closeted gay rancher in 1925 Montana who is cruel toward his new sister-in-law and her child. This is the real theme of the movie and yet Elliott thought they were mere allusions that he should take offense about.

Elliott, though, took issue with the film's characters, whom he compared to Chippendales dancers "who wear bowties and little else."

"That's what all these f - - king cowboys in that movie looked like," the Oscar nominee ranted. "They're all running around in chaps and no shirts. There's all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the f - - king movie."

At that time, Maron reminded Elliott that those are the "themes of the film," prompting the "Road House" actor to double down on his criticisms, prompting listeners to brand him as toxic masculine that should no longer have a space and time in this modern period.

"Where's the Western in this Western?" Elliott asked. "I mean, Cumberbatch never got out of his f - - king chaps.

"He had two pairs of chaps - a woolly pair and a leather pair. And every f - - king time he would walk in from somewhere - he never was on a horse, maybe once - he'd walk into the f - - king house, storm up the f - - king stairs, go lay in his bed in his chaps and play his banjo," he said. "It's like, what the f - - k?," he added,

He also criticized director of the movie, overlooking the fact that the show has received so much praise and so many nods of awarding bodies. He seemed to have found it offensive that a woman is directing the movie.

He also criticized director of the movie, overlooking the fact that the show has received so much praise and so many nods of awarding bodies. He seemed to have found it offensive that a woman is directing the movie.

"I love her previous work, but what the f - - k does this woman from down there, New Zealand, know about the American West?" Elliott fumed, further criticizing her decision to shoot the Western in her home country.

"I recently returned from Texas, where I spent time with families - not guys - but families," Elliott added, attempting to reinforce his point that she had entirely misunderstood the cowboy culture.

To summarize, Elliott's remarks outraged progressive cinephiles on social media, with one writing, "Holy s- - t do I like Sam Elliott a lot less now."

Some said his remarks are barely concealing his homophobic, sexist, and xenophobic stance.

Some joked that Sam Elliott needs to be reminded that he is an actor from Sacramento who now resides in Malibu and not a true cowboy.