Another L for the late-night Jimmies.
Jimmy Kimmel Photo: Getty Images/Getty Images for Global Citizen Another late-night Jimmy is apologizing for blackface. First Jimmy Fallon, now Jimmy Kimmel.
Kimmel is specifically apologizing for a recurring impersonation of basketball player Karl Malone in the late 1990s. “I never considered that this might be seen as anything other than an imitation of a fellow human being, one that had no more to do with Karl’s skin color than it did his bulging muscles and bald head,” he continued. “I’ve done dozens of impressions of famous people, including Snoop Dogg, Oprah, Eminem, Dick Vitale, Rosie, and many others.
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