RELATED STORIES The Golden Girls is the latest sitcom to have an episode pulled from a streaming service due to a scene depicting blackface. Hulu has pulled “Mixed Feelings” (Season 3, Episode 23), which sees Dorothy’s son Michael planning to marry an older Black woman named Lorraine. Bea Arthur’s character worries about the nuptials due […]
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Jimmy Kimmel Apologizes for Using Blackface to Impersonate Karl Malone
RELATED STORIES Jimmy Kimmel has issued an apology for a recurring Man Show sketch in which he used blackface to impersonate NBA player Karl Malone. “I have long been reluctant to address this, as I knew doing so would be celebrated as a victory by those who equate apologies with weakness and cheer for leaders […]
Little Britain Creators Apologize for Blackface After Show’s Removal From Netflix and Other Streaming Platforms
RELATED STORIES Little Britain creators Matt Lucas and David Walliams have issued a formal apology in the wake of their series being pulled from Netflix and the BBC for its use of blackface. Both Lucas and Walliams simultaneously tweeted public apologies Saturday, four days after the series’ removal from the streaming platforms. Lucas wrote, “David […]
Ink Master Judge Oliver Peck, Under Fire for Blackface Halloween Costumes, Apologizes for ‘Insensitive’ Behavior
Ink Master judge Oliver Peck has apologized for his wearing of blackface costumes, as seen in photos that recently surfaced on TMZ. In personal photos that apparently used to live on Peck’s old MySpace page, the onetime husband of Kat Von D is seen in brown face and arm makeup, dressed as a basketball player […]
Investigation underway as Scottish footballer dresses in ‘blackface’ for party
Dundee United have launched an internal investigation into reports that their player, Jamie Robson, wore a racially insensitive costume at a fancy dress party last weekend. 20-year-old defender Robson was pictured on social media wearing black face paint, along with wearing an umbrella hat, a high-visibility vest along with a white t-shirt and black leggings. […]
‘Straight bull’: Tomi Lahren defends Megyn Kelly in blackface debate
Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren has defended Megan Kelly, following reports that the NBC host will lose her daytime show over remarks she made questioning whether the use of blackface as a Halloween costume was racist. The bombastic blonde pundit tweeted her support for Kelly on Thursday night, referring to the news that Kelly was […]
Twitter in schadenfreude feast as NBC’s Megyn Kelly reportedly shown door after blackface comment
Reports that Megyn Kelly is parting ways with NBC after a ‘blackface’ Halloween costume remark have sent Twitter into convulsions. She has apparently fired her talent agent and lawyered up for the forthcoming contract battle. The news host did not appear on her morning show, ‘Megyn Kelly Today,’ on Thursday, and multiple outlets have reported […]
Megyn Kelly's Blackface Defense Was 'Ignorant and Racist,' Says Today Colleagues — Watch Her Latest Apology
Megyn Kelly‘s Today show colleagues did not hold back when addressing her inexcusable defense of blackface. To recap: Kelly on Tuesday stated on-air that it isn’t “racist” for white people to darken their skin with makeup on Halloween as long as they’re portraying an actual person or character. Later that day, she sent an internal email […]
Megyn Kelly Apologizes for Defending Blackface on Today: 'I Realize Now That Such Behavior Is Indeed Wrong'
Megyn Kelly is reevaluating her stance on blackface. Just hours after stating on-air that it isn’t “racist” for white people to darken their skin with makeup on Halloween as long as they’re portraying an actual person or character, the host of Megyn Kelly Today on Tuesday released an internal email to her staff, apologizing for her […]
Celebrity Big Brother 2018: Viewers rage after India Willoughby compares drag to blackface
India, who is a transgender woman, made the comment after seeing former Apprentice star Andrew Brady dressed up in drag. The 51-year-old recently told her fellow housemates she was scared of drag queens and was warned what was happening by Andrew before he transformed. Despite this, the newsreader watched as Andrew stepped out into the […]