Speaking up. Jamie Foxx defended fellow comedian Jimmy Fallon after an old clip of him doing blackface on Saturday Night Live resurfaced on social media.The Tonight Show host, 45, faced backlash from fans on Tuesday, May 26, when video of a 2000 sketch from the live comedy show made him a trending topic on Twitter.
In the video, Fallon wore dark makeup all over his face and hands while impersonating Chris Rock on Regis Philbin‘s (played by Darrell Hammond) late-night show.“He was doing an impression of Chris Rock.
It wasn’t black face [sic],” Foxx, 52, commented on an E! News Instagram post about the controversy on Tuesday night. “We comedians, I know it’s a tough time right now.
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