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 Gives Emotional Apology for ‘SNL’ Blackface Skit: ‘I Am Not a Racist’
02.06.2020 - 16:59 / variety.com
By Rebecca Rubin
News Editor, Online
Jimmy Fallon returned to “The Tonight Show” on Monday, promising “a different kind of show” in light of nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota Police.
Before addressing the demonstrations in reaction to police brutality that are roiling the country, Fallon told viewers he would “start personally and expand out” because “that’s where we need to start, with ourselves and looking at ourselves in the mirror.”
“I had to
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