Why #jimmyfallonisoverparty is trending: Jimmy Fallon did blackface in 2000

During a new episode of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, the host kicked it off with a very self-reflective monologue in which he expressed remorse over having worn blackface as a way of imitating Chris Rock earlier in his career, approximately twenty years ago. Not long after a clip of the performance went viral this past month, Fallon said sorry on his Twitter account, going against the advice he purportedly received.

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 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 spoke out about a resurfaced Saturday Night Live skit featuring him in blackface during Monday's episode of The Tonight Show. The sketch, which first aired in 2000 and reappeared online last week, showed the late-night host wearing blackface while impersonating Chris Rock.

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.

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

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.

US late night host Jimmy Fallon has apologised after video resurfaced of him wearing blackface during a Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch.

After coming under fire for wearing blackface in an old Saturday Night Live sketch, Jimmy Fallon has issued an apology.

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.

Jimmy Fallon has apologized for donning blackface in a resurfaced 2000 “Saturday Night Live” skit that had many calling to “cancel” him.

Jimmy Fallon is apologizing after coming under fire on social media due to a recently resurfaced clip in which the late-night host is seen performing in blackface.