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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“Now go home and get your f’ing shinebox!”
Not good enough. He must be cancelled and replaced by a person of color. Maybe the comedian Fluffy. Who knows.
We’ve been waiting 35 years for for Phil Morris’ apology.
He didn’t just “wear makeup”. He portrayed Malone as a dimwit and spoke in an “Amos and Andy” dialect.
Your a racist Jimmy. It is what it is.
You should be replaced.
Touche’
Howard Stern did something similar. When he is going to be forced to apologize?
FUJK, you blackface freak.
That won’t do it Jimmy. Especially from a rich white guy. You’re finished.
The two funniest bits on the show ever: In one, they both dressed up in pilot uniforms, then went to an airport and made like they were hammered looking for their airplane. Hilarity ensued.
The second bit was a take-off on all the "fantasy summer camps" for adults, from baseball to being a rock star. There's was "Porn Star Summer Camp," and it was really funny.
Since the Man show, Jimmy had gotten married to Sarah Silverman, and began to really suck.
Mark
Who also was pictured in blackface.
You've dried up more quickly than Sarah Silverman's p***y around some guy she found out couldn't help her in the business.
Sure would be nice if liberals were held to the same standard as conservatives on this issue. A conservative wouldve lost his job.
I recall the time they went to some mall and set up a table to sign a petition to end women’s suffrage. Most people were happy to sign not knowing what it meant.
Repulsive slug says something. News at 11
I remember that one too. There was one older woman who caught them on it, and I recall she was REALLY angry! :-)
Mark
Hes one of them so it doesnt matter. Now if I would have done that....
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