Jimmy Fallon Addresses Blackface Controversy With Emotional Apology: "I Am Not a Racist"

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.

After a 20-year old clip of Saturday Night Live resurfaced on social media last week that featured Jimmy Fallon in blackface, the comedian has issued a formal apology on air and he claims that he is “not a racist.” Fallon opened up Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show by promising his fans “a different kind of show” to address the controversy. The clip was from a 2000 episode of SNL that saw Fallon in blackface while impersonating his fellow comedian and SNL alum, Chris Rock.

Jimmy Fallon addressed anger over his past wearing of blackface during the latest episode of his late-night talk show on Monday night.

Jimmy Fallon used Monday night’s episode of his late night show to address anger over his past wearing of blackface with National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) President Derrick Johnson.

Jimmy Fallon is not done apologizing for the mistakes of his past.

On a somber edition of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon apologized once again for wearing blackface in the past and discussed how the country should move forward after George Floyd's death with the NAACP president Derrick Johnson and CNN Tonight anchor Don Lemon. At the top of Monday night's episode, the late-night host noted that he was going to have a "different kind of show" in light of the weekend's nationwide protests.

Jimmy Fallon addressed his 2000 Saturday Night Live sketch that resurfaced last week where he was seen wearing blackface to portray Chris Rock.

Jimmy Fallon opened “The Tonight Show” with a very different kind of monologue on Monday, one that was self-reflective and somber.

By Rebecca Rubin

Jamie Foxx has defended fellow comedian Jimmy Fallon for donning blackface to impersonate Chris Rock on TV 20 years ago.

Jamie Foxx stuck up for Jimmy Fallon after the “Tonight Show” host received immense backlash over a resurfaced video of him appearing in blackface on “SNL” 20 years ago. Fallon responded to the controversy after a sketch from 2000 in which he appeared in blackface to perform an impression of Chris Rock resurfaced on Twitter.Things got so bad that the hashtag “#JimmyFallonIsOverParty” was briefly trending on the social media platform.

On Tuesday, Jimmy Fallon issued a public apology for an old SNL clip where he impersonated Chris Rock. The resurfaced sketch caused people on social media to call for his cancelation.

Jamie Foxx is speaking out in support of Jimmy Fallon, after the late-night host apologized for performing in blackface in a 2000 sketch.

Jimmy Fallon is apologizing after a clip from a 20-year-old “Saturday Night Live” sketch resurfaced that featured the future “Tonight Show” host in blackface.

Jamie Foxx is defending Jimmy Fallon amid his blackface controversy.