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Howard Stern has become the latest in a long list of celebrities and power players to be forced to confront their use of blackface. On Thursday a video appeared online showing Stern in minstrel-style makeup, liberally using the N-word. It was cut together with a recent appearance on “The View” during which he claimed he’d …
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Netflix, the BBC and BritBox have all removed episodes of the series “Little Britain” from their libraries because of sketches involving blackface. The BBC show, which premiered in 2003 and was written by and stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams, was pulled from Netflix on Friday, according to Variety, which adds that the other two …
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Jimmy Fallon apologized on-air for donning blackface in a resurfaced 2000 “Saturday Night Live” clip, insisting that he’s “not a racist.” “The Tonight Show” host opened up Monday night’s episode by promising “a different kind of show” before saying he was going to “start this personally, then expand out.” “I had to really examine myself …
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Jimmy Fallon stands with Black Lives Matter. The “Tonight Show” host voiced his support for the campaign, which advocates against violence and racism toward black people, less than a week after an old sketch of him in blackface went viral. “This is not just black people protesting,” Fallon, 45, tweeted to his 51.9 million followers …
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Jimmy Fallon has apologized for donning blackface in a resurfaced 2000 “Saturday Night Live” skit that had many calling to “cancel” him. The 45-year-old host of “The Tonight Show” issued a statement Tuesday in a tweet and thanked fans for holding him “accountable.” “In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do …
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Jimmy Fallon is catching heat on social media over a resurfaced 2000 “Saturday Night Live” sketch featuring the former cast member in blackface. The 45-year-old host of “The Tonight Show” went viral on Twitter overnight following a tweet with the hashtag #jimmyfallonisoverparty, and a 20-year-old “SNL” clip featuring Darrell Hammond and Fallon, face painted brown, …
Howard Stern has become the latest in a long list of celebrities and power players to be forced to confront their use of blackface. On Thursday a video appeared online showing Stern in minstrel-style makeup, liberally using the N-word. It was cut together with a recent appearance on “The View” during which he claimed he’d …
