Jimmy Kimmel apologized Tuesday for his 1990s blackface impressions of NBA player Karl Malone and other Black celebrities, a day after episodes of Tina Fey's 30 Rock which included characters in blackface were pulled from circulation. "I apologize to those who were genuinely hurt or offended by the makeup I wore or the words I spoke," ABC late-night host Kimmel said in a statement. 'Intent is not a free pass'On Monday, four episodes of the comedy 30 Rock were pulled from circulation because they featured characters performing in blackface. Two of the four eliminated 30 Rock episodes originally aired in 2010, while the others came out in 2008 and 2010. Fallon, who did not appear in such makeup on 30 Rock, apologized last month after online circulation of an earlier Saturday Night Live skit where he wore blackface to impersonate Chris Rock.

Source: CBC News June 23, 2020 20:15 UTC