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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An apology for not apologizing earlier.
#CancelJimmyKimmel
He’s a lib so it’s all cool.
Did he apologize for one time accidentally being funny?
Kimmel apologizes for being funny; promises that it will never happen again.
I thought he was wearing black makeup, rather than blackface.
He should apologize for encouraging parents to make videos telling their kids that they ate all their Halloween Candy. Ha ha, real funny.
Fu*k you racist! You need to lose your job!
Kimmel is an F-ing racist hypocrit!
Can you tell all the malcontents you've helped stir up over the years to call off the riots?
Oh. And what about that whole, "What's in my pants?" thing?
When will Ted Danson be apologizing for wearing black face with Whoop-dee-doo right by his side laughing her fat ass off???
He also exploited the Latino members of his staff and made them objects of ridicule. Not only unfunny, but a rip off of the Michael the Maintenance Man schtick from Kevin and Bean on KROQ.
There’s nothing wrong with the blackface thing. But since he’s a lefty “comedian” I’m glad it happened to him.
Even though the schtick is OUTRAGEOUSLY racist: Malone can’t use tenses in English because he’s so stupid. And it’s not Ebonics, it’s cave-man.
When will Thomas Sowell apologize for his black face? He’s obviously a white dude. No black person would ever say or write the things he does.
One of the mainstays of American Comedy is doing “Impressions”. One of my favorites back-in-the-day was Rich Little. His impression of Richard Nixon was compelling!
I looked up “Great Impressionists in 20th Century Comedy”, and there were lots of videos on one of the sites...but all the Fallon ones have been removed.
Winston Smith has been very busy at the Ministry of Truth!
not good enough... we will need his career to be TERMINATED.
All White Liberals Must Be Marginalized.
I’m willing to team up with blacks to make this happen.
Then, with the stench of White Liberalism gone, we can actually begin to make some progress.
>> There’s nothing wrong with the blackface thing. <<
That’s the thing; this is way beyond a white guy playing a black role. It’s a white guy portraying a black guy as incredibly stupid and incoherent, based on sounding very black.
Stupid
Ask Terry Crews for his apologies in pretending to be “White Girl”(wish he had done another one. Hilarious movie)
The cast of “Hamilton” should be replaced and apologize for having a Black Man play uhmmm....well....President Hamilton.....
The whole thing is stupid...
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