What about his Oprah impression?
Posted on 06/23/2020 10:58:22 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The late-night host also says waiting to say something about the impersonation "was a mistake."
Jimmy Kimmel is apologizing for a blackface impression he did of NBA star Karl Malone in the mid- and late 1990s.
The ABC late-night host, who's currently taking a summer break from Jimmy Kimmel Live, issued the statement Tuesday. It comes amid a continued reckoning in the industry over racist depictions of Black people and other people of color in the past, ranging from Gone With the Wind being temporarily removed from HBO Max to Hulu pulling down four episodes of 30 Rock that featured blackface scenes.
"I have long been reluctant to address this, as I knew doing so would be celebrated as a victory by those who equate apologies with weakness and cheer for leaders who use prejudice to divide us," Kimmel said. "That delay was a mistake. There is nothing more important to me than your respect, and I apologize to those who were genuinely hurt or offended by the makeup I wore or the words I spoke."
Kimmel began doing his impression of Malone, then a player with the Utah Jazz, in the mid-'90s, and continued it on TV, where he wore blackface makeup and a bald cap. A sketch from Comedy Central's The Man Show featuring the impression remains on YouTube.
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So he tries to deflect by bringing up Trump “... cheer for leaders who use prejudice to divide us...”
Blacks will get over it. Unless they don’t want to.
Alinsky him and the rest of the left.
Rule #4, “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
2 little 2 late.
Not that I’m sympathetic, but it was an impersonation, not blackface. Conflating the two is ceding the language.
“... including Snoop Dogg, Oprah, Eminem, Dick Vitale, Rosie O’Donnell and many others ...”
So the first three out of six he can think of are black. The fourth is a rapper.
Was he truly racist? Jimmy Kimmel’s whole schtick was “Oh, no you didn’t! Oh, yes I did!” He certainly was deliberately careless if he came off as racist, which is why his hyprocrisy is so hard to take.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for apologies from black actors who have appeared in white face.
Not good enough, Jimmy.
You know that.
You must perform Seppuku live on TV tonight.........
i wonder why he’s apologizing now after all this time
and i wonder
i won won won won wonder
why
why why why why why
he ran away
GMTA!....................
He also celebrated women in a recurring skit about girls jumping on trampolines. Do these idiots think that when they get woke their past behavior disappears?
Now HE’S someone I would LOVE to see down on a knee and washing the feet of a whole line of BLM jerks.
Putting on blackface seems to be the exclusive practice of leftists.
when will whoopi apologize for enjoying ted wearing blackface
she shoulda been down for the struggle not thinking what he was doing was funny
Whoopi is a white liberal in a black body.
we are also all waiting for robert downey jr’s apology as well
yes when will the ‘white girls’ actors apologize
they may as well apologize for the unfunny movie at the same time
What about his Oprah impression?
If Kimmel’s apology is accepted, then it’s time to free Michael Richards for his “transgressions”.
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