Jamie Foxx defends Jimmy Fallon after resurfaced clip showed comedian in blackface 20 years ago - Daily Mail

Jamie Foxx has defended Jimmy Fallon after a resurfaced SNL clip from 2000 showed the talk show host impersonating Chris Rock in blackface. !

You did an incredible impersonation of Chris Rock..!

'Bro you ain't got to apologize for s**t': Jamie Foxx has defended Jimmy Fallon after a resurfaced clip from 2000 showed the talk show host impersonating Chris Rock in blackface (pictured 2019).

'He was doing an impression of chris rock,' Foxx wrote in the comments section of the post.

Fallon released his apology on Tuesday, after his impression of Chris Rock resurfaced on the internet and triggered the hashtag #jimmyfallonisoverparty to trend?

'In 2000, while on SNL, I made a terrible decision to do an impersonation of Chris Rock while in blackface?

Apology: Fallon has apologized for a skit he did in 2000 in blackface after it started trending on Twitter and people were calling for his show to be canceled ?

Twitter users were calling for Fallon to be 'cancelled' this week after the blackface skit resurfaced.

Jimmy Fallon performed on NBC in blackface.'.

Controversy: Twitter users were calling for Fallon to be 'cancelled' this week after the blackface skit resurfaced.

The video shared on Twitter by @chefboyohdear, had a caption that read: 'NBC fired Megan Kelly for mentioning blackface.

Jimmy Fallon performed on NBC in blackface.'?

Blackface: The SNL clip featuring Darrell Hammond showed Fallon doing a Chris Rock impression in dark makeup.

A similar tweet read, 'Megyn Kelly was dismissed for being insensitive in merely DISCUSSING kids wearing blackface on Halloween.

Jimmy Fallon actually WORE blackface while impersonating Chris Rock.

Others demanded an apology from Fallon and asked for the immediate cancellation of his show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. .

Some Twitter users pointed out that other prominent figures, TV personalities and actors have also done blackface but never been held accountable

In 2019 Nick Cannon drew attention to the number of stars, including Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Sarah Silverman that have previously worn blackface writing, 'Happy 'BLACKFACE' History Month!!

Another Twitter user wrote on Tuesday, 'Well since Jimmy Fallon is cancelled for wearing blackface, are we going to cancel Robert Downey, Jr

'Well since Jimmy Fallon is cancelled for wearing blackface, are we going to cancel Robert Downey, Jr

The 'cancel Fallon' Twitter trend comes just days after singers Lana Del Rey and Doja Cat came under fire for using racially insensitive words

'I know I did not just open Twitter and see that Jimmy Fallon did blackface in 2000

I know I did not just open Twitter and see that Jimmy Fallon did blackface in 2000