Jimmy Fallon Apologizes For Wearing Blackface In ‘Saturday Night Live’ Clip From 2000

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Posted on AllSides May 27, 2020

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Jimmy Fallon apologized after a resurfaced video of him wearing blackface sparked outrage on social media — although it wasn’t the first time the video had circulated online.

On Tuesday, a short video of the “Tonight Show” host impersonating Chris Rock in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch from 2000 went viral along with the hashtag #JimmyFallonIsOverParty on Twitter.

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