Ant and Dec apologise for ‘impersonating people of colour’ on Saturday Night Takeaway
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express.co.ukAnt McPartlin, 44, and Dec Donnelly, 44, have taken to Twitter to apologise for “impersonating people of colour” after using blackface in Saturday Night Takeaway episodes.The presenters said they were sorry in a statement, which they shared with their 6.8 million followers this evening, and added that historic footage of the duo portraying blackface has now been wiped from ITV.The duo previously used make-up to impersonate Japanese girls and played two Jamaican women in infamous sketches from their ITV show.They said: “During past episodes of Saturday Night Takeaway we impersonated people of colour in the undercover segment of the show.“We realise this was wrong and want to say that we sincerely sorry to everyone that was offended.“We.
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