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Jimmy Fallon Under Fire After 'SNL' Clip From 2000 Resurfaces Of Him Imitating Chris Rock In Blackface
27 May
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In a sudden turn of events, comedian Jimmy Fallon has become the latest target of canceling on Twitter.
A resurfaced Saturday Night Live sketch has landed Fallon in hot water, and he has since issued an apology.
<p><strong>It took less than a day for Twitter user's <a href="https://twitter.com/chefboyohdear/status/1265147631497547777?s=20" target="_blank">@chefboyohdear </a>tweet of a troubling clip of Jimmy Fallon to go viral.</strong></p><p>Back in 2000, while still a cast member on <em>SNL</em>, Fallon did an impression of fellow comedian and <em>SNL</em> alumnus Chris Rock... while in blackface. </p><p>Blackface, or a White person donning make up to resemble an African American person, has historically been used to mock Black people and is considered highly offensive.</p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="52b6e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b5edd3c9abfee6d0e05170ccb8225c79"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265147631497547777" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">#jimmyfallonisoverparty if ur trying to see what he did https://t.co/5K2eAH7Vjn</div> — s🅰️m🐀 (@s🅰️m🐀)<a href="https://twitter.com/chefboyohdear/statuses/1265147631497547777">1590469675.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>The caption, "NBC fired Megyn Kelly for mentioning blackface. Jimmy Fallon performed on NBC in blackface", refers to a more recent controversy, when news anchor Megyn Kelly <a href="https://pagesix.com/2018/10/23/megyn-kelly-apologizes-for-defending-blackface/?_ga=2.204948112.1266337310.1590540938-49937190.1573999961" target="_blank">defended blackface to guests while on MSNBC.</a></p><p><strong>Some people were disappointed in Fallon and SNL, causing the hashtag #jimmyfallonisoverparty to trend on Twitter.</strong></p><p>Blackface has been known as insulting for decades now and Fallon and the SNL crew should have known better.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="ae9ca" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5e264492024284cc0370abd35812563f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265163693286965248" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@chefboyohdear @Itscorriebtfw white people are EXHAUSTINGLY DISSAPOINTING https://t.co/1XxMI16Mh0</div> — janay amber (@janay amber)<a href="https://twitter.com/JanayAmber/statuses/1265163693286965248">1590473504.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="37eb6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5b1e615ced541763dedb44ba5b490ae7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265183127137214465" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@chefboyohdear We should also look at the directors who made Jimmy Fallon do it? Who told him to act like that with… https://t.co/RDQUIr2yZT</div> — John Dane (@John Dane)<a href="https://twitter.com/JohnDane9191/statuses/1265183127137214465">1590478138.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="c6d1f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="40d82798515daa9d89c30d9db7062659"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265148903743057921" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@chefboyohdear disgusting #jimmyfallonisoverparty
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<p></p><p><strong>However, a majority of the replies weren't so impressed by @chefboyohdear's attempt to cancel <em>The</em> <em>Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon</em> host.</strong></p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p>Cast members on <em>SNL</em> don't just walk on stage and do whatever they want. Writers create sketches and producers and directors approve them.</p><p><strong>Ultimate responsibility on this goes far beyond Fallon who was just an <em>SNL</em> cast member 20 years ago.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="fb66b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2167b8db23354d5b4397b573929e3b26"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265364234491301889" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@chefboyohdear People need to read this tweet and understand the difference between comedy skits for IMPERSONATION… https://t.co/6YTY31vckW</div> — JohnFletcher (@JohnFletcher)<a href="https://twitter.com/John__Fletcher/statuses/1265364234491301889">1590521317.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="83e18" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="409b21e7b96cf1f84e730c5b6addf854"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265156144428806145" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@chefboyohdear Y’all cancel someone everyday and then forget all about it the next day. https://t.co/lYvotRRHac</div> — Tramaine Antoinette (@Tramaine Antoinette)<a href="https://twitter.com/TramaineA_S/statuses/1265156144428806145">1590471704.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="15bc0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d48af3b451506cb298733bbfbf86cb31"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265150598271336449" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@chefboyohdear Y’all whack. How long ago was this? Was this snl? No one can be famous anymore bc we’ve all done som… https://t.co/sjjQUyboN3</div> — Nancy (@Nancy)<a href="https://twitter.com/NancyLovesMJ/statuses/1265150598271336449">1590470382.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="3c154" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9d45c97e83f556a390f8db783734bfb3"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265247754693029894" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">So how are we gonna cancel jimmy fallon for doing blackface but not cancel Saturday night live for letting him do… https://t.co/VbZhepkKE4</div> — Mio_Mio (@Mio_Mio)<a href="https://twitter.com/beyoncesdick66/statuses/1265247754693029894">1590493546.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="7ad25" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c1056a9d911790c9e16efbe94ed3e827"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265177683731898369" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@chefboyohdear this is unacceptable but it was also AGES ago i mean like, what? 2 or 3 DECADES? while it's importan… https://t.co/lLMQv1Jd7L</div> — g a b r i e l l e (she/her) (@g a b r i e l l e (she/her))<a href="https://twitter.com/herputhystinky/statuses/1265177683731898369">1590476840.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>The #jimmyfallonisoverparty hashtag was also hijacked by people who are fed up with the internet's "cancel culture".</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
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</p><div id="71ad3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ebd4d555b6409c97cb995e1a128b2ff8"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265411145285824512" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I see that we are cancelling Jimmy Fallon for something he did 20 years ago. Retro Rage is nuts and we need to stop… https://t.co/oTetb0m48k</div> — CHAD BENSON (@CHAD BENSON)<a href="https://twitter.com/chadbensonshow/statuses/1265411145285824512">1590532501.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="c55a5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="90c44c97640f1c606877ea4e9454a06e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265412787842449412" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Is this for real?? IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO ON SNL!! Eddie Murphy played a Jewish guy with what I guess would be calle… https://t.co/qpVBr86ZoJ</div> — Don'tBeAJagoff 😑 (@Don'tBeAJagoff 😑)<a href="https://twitter.com/Keljo1991/statuses/1265412787842449412">1590532893.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>It didn't take long for Fallon to issue an apology on Twitter.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="94c49" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="09013a4f6522314d4eff06b4e3a41b99"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265386757958389768" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface. There i… https://t.co/6k9alCsBq7</div> — jimmy fallon (@jimmy fallon)<a href="https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon/statuses/1265386757958389768">1590526687.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>He called the decision to wear the blackface makeup "offensive" and inexcusable and thanked the public for calling him out for it.</p><p><strong>Fans filled the replies with support.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="09c34" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9142306b96be3e1fc68e87747256be5f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265387041874984960" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@jimmyfallon Thank you for owning up to this—something many people refuse to do. Times change and so can people. Yo… https://t.co/HrIxmChwNn</div> — krissy🍀is socially distant (@krissy🍀is socially distant)<a href="https://twitter.com/krissyy_elyse/statuses/1265387041874984960">1590526755.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="bcaca" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="84d7bf6b1265a309b7ff1b9f4bde4ff7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265388086508191744" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@jimmyfallon I'm gonna say this, it wasn't cool. Even back then it wasn't cool. What is important is growth. Owning… https://t.co/AIVZEU3mC6</div> — Thirteen Cross (@Thirteen Cross)<a href="https://twitter.com/ThirteenCross/statuses/1265388086508191744">1590527004.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="30c11" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9e24be38f17fd52296f1cc0946938b2a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265387420805140482" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@jimmyfallon It’s sad that a comedian that has done nothing but give back to his community has to apologize for a s… https://t.co/2NaM4TLlsU</div> — Mike Johnson (@Mike Johnson)<a href="https://twitter.com/_Mjohn10_/statuses/1265387420805140482">1590526845.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="8eae5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ae0bf87c8437b3e8f4e138805da8c62f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265388265344909312" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@jimmyfallon Jimmy you didn't have to apologize. It's was just a skit. We all knew you were impersonating Chris Roc… https://t.co/UPt2Vap2Zh</div> — 🐝🍀 (@🐝🍀)<a href="https://twitter.com/melanin_falpal/statuses/1265388265344909312">1590527046.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9a65a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="43eb5137d525ad53f15bd39ddf2fc819"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265395405229109248" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@jimmyfallon @jkjohal64 20 years ago was brought up?? Shame on people! You are one of the kindest human beings out… https://t.co/apk5AqBi0x</div> — qfalbon☘️☘️☘️ (@qfalbon☘️☘️☘️)<a href="https://twitter.com/bonnieQuillen2/statuses/1265395405229109248">1590528749.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="224bb" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="395c213174d5dfe93050f7d9e5b0305a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1265388020091453441" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@jimmyfallon Bro, that wasn’t blackface. When you wore that makeup you weren’t impersonating the entire black commu… https://t.co/DEdEsm5Ywq</div> — Kat (@Kat)<a href="https://twitter.com/mamakat115/statuses/1265388020091453441">1590526988.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Fallon joins singers Lana Del Rey and Doja Cat in racism based controversy this week.</strong></p><p>Del Rey <a href="https://www.comicsands.com/lana-del-rey-privilege-backlash-2646064516.html" target="_blank">is currently facing backlash </a>for calling out female musicians of color in an attempt to defend her own music. Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9390735/doja-cat-alleged-racist-remarks-explained" target="_blank">Doja Cat has been accused of participating</a> in alt-right chatroom discussions and using racist lyrics.</p>
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