Jimmy Kimmel announces summer leave amid blackface controversy

The Hill ^ | 6/19/2020 | Joe Concha

[Zenyatta]

ABC's Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday announced he will be taking the summer off after facing criticism over wearing blackface in a recurring skit he performed while working on "The Man Show" on Comedy Central.

Kimmel, as a co-host of the "The Man Show," performed a recurring skit that included him dressed in blackface as then-NBA star Karl Malone. Videos and photos of the skits on the show, which ran from 1999-2004, have been circulating online recently with calls for Kimmel to apologize.

[Zenyatta]

The left, eating their own.

[EdnaMode]

He should be forced to resign.

[NohSpinZone]

He’s a PoS so screw him, but I saw this skit way back when and it was harmless, IMO. I bet if Adam Carolla (his show partner back then) were in his place right now, he’d tell the rabble to go pound sand.

[OttawaFreeper]

I guess helping to make Hogg boy a celebrity is now so 2018ish, eh?

[cweese]

[PGR88]

[bantam]

My heart just bleeds for Jimmy! /s

[The Pack Knight]

Wait a minute, why does he get to keep his job at all? Privilege!!

[lerker]

I agree it was a harmless skit, but I say let’s hold them to the standard they hold everyone else. I hope he is fired.

[adorno]

The biggest hypocrites around, are all democrats. They pretend to care about blacks and minorities, yet, they are the biggest offenders when it comes to what they think about blacks and how they treat them.

Jimmy Fallon did the same thing on SNL, and he’s hiding behind his ‘caring a lot’ about blacks. In fact, it seems as if his biggest set of invitees on the show are blacks. Nothing hides your racism better than using those same black folks to cover your ass.

[capydick]

Howard Stern up next, he and Kimmel are best buds and my heart bleeds for both of them.............

Not

[beef]

I was wondering when “The Man Show” was going to catch up with him. Virtue signalling only delays the inevitable.

[dfwgator]

Used to love listening to Stern, now I hope he gets destroyed.

[ConservativeStatement]

White privilege and weakness.

[Sir_Humphrey]

I hate to say it, but for some reason the backlash against Stern never actually materialize. And of all of the "entertainers" in the SJW's cross hairs, he is by far the most egregious example. He has said things that are truly racist and truly homophobic.

I know because I was a regular listener for about 3 or 4 years in the late 80s/early 90s until his shtick became boorish. Imus got fired for saying something that was 1/100th of what Stern would say on a daily basis. Then again, Stern morphed into a good loyal liberal whereas Imus (certainly not a conservative) was more independent.

[alexander_busek]

He should be forced to resign.

Yeah! Just how could he have been so insensitive?

How can we be sure that Kimmel isn't still a closet racist?

Are there any statues of him that we "woke" persons could topple? That might make us feel better!

Regards,

[pasr]

Claims to be righteous all the time.. face the music.. instead he hides in his room another coward

[capydick]

Same here, it’s why I got Sirius XM but now he’s not even on my speed dial

[Rdct29]

This is one of those silver linings that come from a bad situation. Maybe if Jimmy bends over and grabs his ankles or kneels down to offer free BJ’s they will cut him some slack. It's doubtful but he should still give it a try.

[Williams]

I despise him but there is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing blackface for comedy or any other reason and certainly not anything that should draw punishment or be banned or be illegal in any way whatsoever.