Jimmy Fallon is once again addressing recent criticism centered on him wearing blackface 20 years ago during a “Saturday Night Live” sketch in which he portrayed fellow comedian Chris Rock. The decades-old video clip resurfaced last month and Fallon took to Twitter on May 28 to issue an apology.
Jimmy Fallon Addresses Blackface 'SNL' Sketch, Reveals What 'Haunted' Him
02.06.2020 - 17:09 / justjared.com
Jimmy Fallon addressed his 2000 Saturday Night Live sketch that resurfaced last week where he was seen wearing blackface to portray Chris Rock.
On the Tonight Show on Monday (June 1), Jimmy began the show saying that it would be “a different kind of show.”
“That’s where we all need to start, with ourselves and looking at ourselves in the mirror,” Jimmy said. “I had to really examine myself in the mirror this week because a story came out about me on SNL doing an impression of Chris Rock in
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