People are trying to cancel Jimmy Fallon over blackface SNL skit
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 08: TV personality Jimmy Fallon attends the Universal, NBC, Focus Features, E! Entertainment Golden Globes after party sponsored by Chrysler on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NBCUniversal)
You are probably waking up this morning and seeing the hashtag #jimmyfallonisoverparty is trending. This came from an SNL skit that resurfaced this weekend where Jimmy Fallon was in blackface impersonating Chris Rock. The actual skit was from 20 years ago but people brought it up but then other people are coming to Jimmy’s defense saying it’s actually SNL’s fault that they’ve been having their comedians in black face for years as recent as 2013. See the skit below:
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