took to Twitter on Tuesday to issue a statement after the hashtag"#jimmyfallonisover" began trending, in reference to the 2000 sketch, in which Fallon donned a painted face, wig and goatee to play Chris Rock, opposite Darrell Hammond's Regis Philbin, who was then the host of“Regis, do you think the only way to get a brother on the show is to name it,” asks Fallon in the sketch, claiming that the reason the game show doesn't have many black contestants is because,"black...
In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface. There is no excuse for this. I am very sorry for making this unquestionably offensive decision and thank all of you for holding me accountable.Though the clip in question is 20 years old, Fallon has shown off his Rock impression much more recently, breaking out the voice, sans blackface, while hosting the Golden Globe Awards in January 2017:
He should lose HIS SHOW like Roseanne did!
This is a fun game. Do jimmykimmel now.
This is bullshit. No one complained about Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Dave Chapelle, and the Wayans Brothers (and that White Chicks shit was offensive). Now all of a sudden we hate Jimmy for shit that happened 20 years ago? Meagan Kelly was right. Things were different for us
sassy_mel How come it took this long for this to be an issue.
Liberals wanted political correctness. This is what it looks like.
Has Twitter forgotten about “Soul Man”? Let’s be real. jimmyfallon is the best thing that has happened to late night tv and comedy. JimmyFallonRocks CancelCultureSucks
Does Dave Chappelle have to apologize for being in white face? Fallon was imitating a specific person and he was doing a pretty good impression too! I would like to know what Chris Rock thinks..if he doesn't have a problem with it, no one else should.
Wasn’t Roseanne bar sorry for what she did and she got canceled/fired. Good bye Mr Fallon. Fair is fair jimmyfallon
And Tropic Thunder?
We are canceling people 20 years later now. Wow I'm glad we are using our outrage appropriately
With a written apology like Hannah Brown. So get her back to us ET.
What!?!? We don't like crazy sketches anymore on SNL ?
What would happened if he tells his story before it becomes the news?!
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