00:00Jimmy Fallon is now apologizing for doing blackface 20 years ago in a sketch on NBC's Saturday Night Live.
00:07In a clip that had resurfaced, Fallon was seen in blackface impersonating Chris Rock on a late night show with Regis Philbin, played by Daryl Hammond.
00:15The Tonight Show host and SNL vet said he was sorry for the sketch in question after it had made the rounds and he was heavily criticized for the moment across social media.
00:23Tweeting out his apology, Fallon wrote,
00:30Fallon's impersonation of Chris Rock is nothing new, as the SNL alum has done his impression a number of times over the years, such as on Howard Stern's radio show.
00:53While there is no legitimate clip of the segment available, bootlegs of the clip have been making its way around YouTube and Twitter.
01:00To read more details on this story, head to the article on THR.com.
01:04For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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