blackface

Chris Rock wasn’t hurt by Jimmy Fallon’s use of blackface while impersonating him on “Saturday Night Live” 20 years ago. “Hey, man, I’m friends with Jimmy. Jimmy’s a great guy. And he didn’t mean anything,” Rock, 55, recently told the New York Times. The “Everybody Hates Chris” star added that he believes Fallon’s performance — …

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne issued a lengthy apology Tuesday for wearing black and brown face in a decades-old video for the rock band. Byrne appeared in the racist makeup in the 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense,” in which he portrays a number of different people interviewing himself while wearing his iconic “big suit.” …

YouTube star PewDiePie has come to the defense of his social media-famous colleague Jenna Marbles. Marbles, 33, announced Thursday that she was quitting the platform, where she boasts over 20.2 million followers, after facing backlash for past videos where she dons blackface. The backlash was more akin to bullying, though, PewDiePie said in a post …

Megyn Kelly shaded NBC with a scathing tweet this week, amid the network’s decision to pull episodes of “30 Rock” that featured characters in blackface. “Wait – what network aired those episodes again?” The 49-year-old political pundit sarcastically asked in a tweet Wednesday. Kelly’s NBC project “Megyn Kelly Today” was ended by the network in …

Hulu has removed three episodes of “Scrubs” which featured characters in blackface, following a request by the show’s creator Bill Lawrence and ABC Studios, sources have confirmed to Variety. The episodes in question are “My Fifteen Seconds” (season 3, episode 7), “My Jiggly Ball” (season 5, episode 4) and “My Chopped Liver” (season 5, episode 17). …

Eiza González has apologized after images of her in blackface from an old telenovela resurfaced on social media this week. “I am deeply sorry and ashamed about having worn blackface makeup shown in the images circulating. As a 15-year-old child actor on my first job in a Mexican telenovela, I was pressured against my will, …

As Hollywood continues to slowly shift with the changing landscape of racial identity and inclusion, NBCUniversal has removed four episodes of “30 Rock” from streaming services and syndication that feature characters in blackface. The request for the removal of the episodes came from show co-creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. “As we strive to do …

Jimmy Kimmel needs to address the blackface controversy that’s engulfed him — and not by taking the summer off from “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” That’s the coward’s way out. Kimmel needs to apologize for the resurfaced blackface sketches that aired during his days on Comedy Central’s “The Man Show” (1999-2004), which included him playing NBA star …

Netflix has pulled an episode of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’ 2015 comedy show “W/Bob and David” because of a scene featuring Cross in blackface. The sketch in question is called “Know Your Rights” and appeared in the third episode of the show’s first and only season. Netflix confirmed to Variety that the episode has been taken …

Howard Stern is firing back at Donald Trump Jr. for calling out his past use of racially offensive humor. It all started last week when controversy erupted over Stern’s use of blackface and the N-word in a 1993 comedy sketch that resurfaced online Thursday. It was edited together with Stern’s recent appearance on “The View,” …