The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host admitted it was a mistake to have waited so long to apologize for the sketches.
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel finally addressed the mounting backlash tied to his old blackface sketches, saying Tuesday that it was a mistake to have waited so long to speak on the matter.
"Looking back, many of these sketches are embarrassing, and it is frustrating that these thoughtless moments have become a weapon used by some to diminish my criticisms of social and other injustices," Kimmel said."I believe that I have evolved and matured over the last twenty-plus years, and I hope that is evident to anyone who watches my show.
Jimmy Fallon recently apologized for a 20-year-old sketch on NBC's"Saturday Night Live" in which he impersonated Chris Rock in blackface. Fallon called the sketch a"terrible" decision in an address to fans on"The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon" last month.
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