After JimmyFallonisOverParty trended online, Jimmy Fallon came out and apologized for wearing blackface on SNL in 2000.
took to Twitter on Tuesday to issue a statement after the hashtag"#jimmyfallonisover" began trending, in reference to the 2000 sketch, in which Fallon donned a painted face, wig and goatee to play Chris Rock, opposite Darrell Hammond's Regis Philbin, who was then the host of“Regis, do you think the only way to get a brother on the show is to name it,” asks Fallon in the sketch, claiming that the reason the game show doesn't have many black contestants is because,"black...
In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface. There is no excuse for this. I am very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive decision and thank all of you for holding me accountable.Though the clip in question is 20 years old, Fallon has shown off his Rock impression much more recently, breaking out the voice, sans blackface, while hosting the Golden Globe Awards in January 2017:
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