{"id":2602,"date":"2024-01-27T07:40:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T07:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2024-01-27T07:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T07:40:26","slug":"2602","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=2602","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, a short video of the \u201cTonight Show\u201d host impersonating Chris Rock in a \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d sketch from 2000 went viral along with the hashtag #JimmyFallonIsOverParty on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Fallon responded to the criticism in a tweet Tuesday evening. He said that wearing blackface was a \u201cterrible decision\u201d and \u201cunquestionably offensive,\u201d and he thanked those who condemned him \u201cfor holding me accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1265386757958389768&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftodaynews22h.com%2F2023%2F02%2F19%2Fa-video-from-20-years-ago-may-cancel-jimmy-fallons-career-for-good-2%2F&amp;sessionId=31d3983713a8bdba44bb1f9d7a41648abaab17a2&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1265386757958389768\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HuffPost reached out to \u201cSNL\u201d for comment, but did not receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n<p>Before Fallon apologized, some people called for the comedian to be \u201ccanceled\u201d due to the 20-year-old clip. Others said they\u2019d prefer an explanation, an apology or even an acknowledgment of wrongdoing from Fallon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish, they do realize they have a 0% chance of even canceling him, right? This was 20 years ago and nowhere close to career-ending,\u201d a user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Jimmy Fallon\u2019s career should be canceled for this?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jimmy Fallon Blackface\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YvCFNWNvgjo?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, a short video of the \u201cTonight Show\u201d host impersonating Chris Rock in a \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d sketch from 2000 went viral along with the hashtag #JimmyFallonIsOverParty on Twitter. Fallon responded to the criticism in a tweet Tuesday evening. He said that wearing blackface was a \u201cterrible decision\u201d and \u201cunquestionably offensive,\u201d and he thanked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=2602\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions\/2605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}