By Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent Jimmy Fallon is facing backlash after a twenty-year-old video of him in blackface portraying Chris Rock on “Saturday Night Live” resurfaced online.
The hashtag #jimmyfallonisoverparty began trending early Tuesday with Twitter users calling out the “Tonight Show” host for the “racist” skit, which first aired in 2000 and also features “SNL” alum Darrell Hammond.
In the comedic sketch, Fallon does an impersonation of Rock while wearing full blackface to appear like the former cast member who was on “SNL” from 1990-1993.
Fallon has yet to respond to the criticism, and NBC did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment. Rock was also not immediately available for comment when
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