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The 'Tonight Show' host apologized once again and examined his own failings in light of an old 'Saturday Night Live' sketch that resurfaced last week.

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00:00I had to really examine myself, really examine myself in the mirror this week because a story

00:05came out about me on SNL doing an impression of Chris Rock in blackface. Jimmy Fallon apologized

00:11once again for wearing blackface in the past and discussed how the country should move forward

00:15after George Floyd's death, speaking with NAACP President Derek Johnson and CNN's Don Lemon.

00:21At the top of Monday night's episode of The Tonight Show, the late night host noted that

00:24he was going to have a quote different kind of show in light of the weekend's nationwide protests.

00:29Fallon also addressed a sketch of him performing blackface on Saturday Night Live that had re-emerged

00:34the previous week, saying that at the time he was horrified but was being advised, quote,

00:39to just stay quiet and to not say anything. So I thought about it and I realized that I can't not

00:45say I'm horrified and I'm sorry and I'm embarrassed. After he apologized last week, Fallon said he talked

00:52to some experts, some of whom appeared on Monday's show. That the silence is the biggest crime that

00:59white guys like me and the rest of us are doing, staying silent. We need to say something. We need

01:05to keep saying something. The host then spoke with his first guest, NAACP President Derek Johnson,

01:10about how to move forward and be a better ally. Johnson called this time an opportunity to better

01:14understand one another. We are all born flawed, but flawed is part of the journey that we are on

01:22so we can try to get to perfection. Later on in the show, Fallon was joined by CNN's Don Lemon,

01:28who earlier in the weekend had called for Hollywood figures to speak out about George Floyd's death

01:32and ensuing protests. Lemon said that covering the news the past few weeks has been hard on him.

01:38I don't always say the right things, but I always say what I'm feeling in the moment,

01:44and it's always real. When asked what Americans could be doing right now, Lemon replied,

01:49exactly what we're doing right now, and added that our personal networks have an influence on how we

01:53see the world. We should be having a conversation. White people, get some black friends. Examine your

02:00social circles. Striking a more hopeful tone, Lemon said there was a path to a better America

02:05if people stopped, quote, making excuses for racism. Use whatever platform you have or wherever you are

02:13and try to do something for a person of color. For more on this story, head to the article on

02:19tjar.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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