Talking Heads David Byrne apologises for using blackface

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David Byrne has apologised for using black and brownface after a video from the 1980s resurfaced.The promo video for the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense sees a skit in which the star, now 68, interviews himself while playing several different reporters – some of whom are reporters of colour. After the clip resurfaced on social media, the Talking Heads frontman took to Twitter to say it was “a major mistake in judgement” in a lengthy statement.“I’d just about forgotten about this skit and I’m grateful that it has been brought to my attention,” he wrote.

Musician David Byrne has apologised for wearing blackface and brownface in a 1984 concert film.

David Byrne apologized in a series of tweets on Monday over a resurfaced clip of him wearing blackface.The offensive clips were culled from a commercial in support of Stop Making Sense, a concert film documenting the band behind hits such as Burning Down the House, Psycho Killer and Once in a Lifetime.'Recently a journalist pointed out something I did in a promo video skit in 1984 for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense,' Byrne, 68, said. 'In the piece I appear as a number of different characters interviewing myself, and some of the characters portrayed are people of color.' The latest: David Byrne, 68, apologized in a series of tweets on Monday over a resurfaced clip of him wearing blackface.

David Byrne is acknowledging it was a mistake doing a Blackface bit in a performance in 1984.

Related: Chris Frantz: 'If you knew David Byrne, you would not be jealous of him' “Recently a journalist pointed out something I did in a promo video skit in 1984 for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense,” he tweeted. “In the piece I appear as a number of different characters interviewing myself, and some of the characters portrayed are people of color.”Recently a journalist pointed out something I did in a promo video skit in 1984 for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense.

David Byrne is the latest star to apologize for previously wearing blackface. In the 1980s, to promote the Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense," the musician appeared in a promo video in which he interviewed himself about his work in the form of various characters.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticIn a 1984 promotional video for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense, David Byrne appeared as both himself and a variety of interviewers, including men of color. Today, Byrne apologized on Twitter, insisting that “the past can be examined with honesty and accountability.”Byrne, whose 2019 American Utopia Broadway show has been adapted as an HBO film by director Spike Lee and will debut in October, explained that he’d forgotten about the video until recently reminded by a journalist.“To watch myself in the various characters, including black and brown face, I acknowledge it was a major mistake in judgement that showed a lack of real understanding,” Byrne writes.

David Byrne has addressed his use of black and brownface in a promo skit for Talking Heads‘ 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense.Taking to Twitter, Byrne revealed that a journalist had recently pointed out this particular part of the promo material to him, and proceeded to call the inclusion of the blackface and brownface a “major mistake in judgement”.“In the piece I appear as a number of different characters interviewing myself, and some of the characters portrayed are people of colour,” Byrne wrote, adding that he had “just about forgotten about this skit and I’m grateful that it has been brought to my attention”.“To watch myself in the various characters, including black and brown face, I acknowledge it was a major mistake in judgement