Jay Leno apologises for long history of anti-Asian jokes: “It was a legitimate wrong”

Antonio Ferme editorThe 5-year-old son of Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) came home one day to tell his father a story about an older child that kept calling him “Chinese boy” over and over again.

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Television host and comedian Jay Leno recently apologised for decades of racist jokes he made targetting Asian people. In light of the hate crimes against AAPI communities on the rise in the US, the comedian issued an apology today for his remarks about Asian communities and culture.

Comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno has apologized for jokes targeting Asians. Throughout his career, Leno has told jokes that perpetuate stereotypes about Asian communities consuming cat and dog meat, jokes which have been criticized for over a decade by activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA).

Jay Leno is finally owning up to the countless jokes he’s told over his career taking aim at Asian communities.

Jay Leno has issued an apology for a series of racist jokes he's told for decades about Asians, but some aren't buying it. The former late night host's apology came after a meeting with Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) president Rob Chan, MANAA founding president Guy Aoki and vice president Lawrence Lim over zoom, after over 10 years of Aoki trying to secure a meeting with Leno to discuss his racist jokes. Aoki said he initially appealed to Leno's new employers at Fox, where he

Jay Leno has issued an apology for the numerous anti-Asian jokes he made over the course of his career.

renewed outcry following the shootings at an Atlanta spa, the former “Tonight Show” host expressed his regret over his racist comments during a Zoom call with Guy Aoki — leader of the activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans. Leno’s offensive jokes prompted MANAA to undergo a nearly 15-year-long campaign to pressure NBC to cut ties with him.

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Jay Leno is stepping forward to take responsibility.

Jay Leno has issued an apology for anti-Asian jokes he’s made over the years.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterLate night host and comedian Jay Leno has issued an apology for a series of jokes told over his career targeting Asian communities.The apology comes after nearly 15-year campaign from the activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), for remarks as recent as Variety‘s 2020 report that Leno cracked about Koreans eating dog meat — a complaint that offended numerous players on the set of NBC’s “Americas Got Talent.”“At the time I did those jokes,

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John Oliver condemned the recent Atlanta shootings during Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight”.

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