Jimmy Kimmel has followed fellow U.S. late-night host Jimmy Fallon’s lead and apologized for a blackface TV skit.The comedian impersonated black basketball star Karl Malone on Comedy Central’s The Man Show, which aired from 1999 to 2003.The Jimmy Kimmel Live!
host admitted he had been “reluctant” to address the sketch, explaining, “I knew doing so would be celebrated as a victory by those who equate apologies with weakness and cheer for leaders who use prejudice to divide us.”“That delay was a mistake,” Kimmel added in a statement.
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