'The Tonight Show' host impersonated fellow comedian Chris Rock in blackface for an SNL sketch in 2000.
Fallon, 45, previously urged all white people to speak out against racism in 2017 in a tearful, joke-free, address on his show after events in Charlottesville, Virginia.on August 15, 2017 focused on the violent clash between white nationalists and counterprotesters which culminated in the death of campaigner Heather Heyer.
"What happened over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, was just disgusting," Fallon said at the time."I was watching the news like everyone else, and you're seeing Nazi flags and torches and white supremacists and I was sick to my stomach." Despite not being a political pundit, Fallon said it was his"responsibility to stand up against intolerance and extremism as a human being" and he questioned how he could explain racism to his two young daughters.The tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia sawagainst a white nationalist rally in August 2017. Fields was sentenced to life in prison for numerous federal hate crimes and the murder of 32-year-old Heyer.
The host previously faced criticism for his use of blackface, when comedian Nick Canon took to Instagram to call out Fallon along with Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman and brands Gucci, Prada and Moncler. Canon uploaded a collage and two videos of the hosts in blackface with the caption:"happy BLACKFACE history month."
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