Twitter Reacts to Jay Leno's Apology for Decades of Racist Jokes About Asians
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etonline.comJay Leno has issued an apology for a series of racist jokes he's told for decades about Asians, but some aren't buying it. The former late night host's apology came after a meeting with Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) president Rob Chan, MANAA founding president Guy Aoki and vice president Lawrence Lim over zoom, after over 10 years of Aoki trying to secure a meeting with Leno to discuss his racist jokes.
Aoki said he initially appealed to Leno's new employers at Fox, where he hosts the game show, offering them an ultimatum of firing the host or MANAA would approach sponsors to boycott the project.«At the time I did those jokes, I genuinely thought them to be harmless,» Leno said in a joint press release with Aoki,.
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