While Rock came out and defended Fallon, many probably wondered how he would handle his first appearance after the blackface backlash, and now we know.
The Tonight Show’s Jimmy Fallon has been in the news for something other than hosting his late night show from home in recent months.
Back in May, Fallon came under fire when his 2000 Saturday Night Live sketch, which featured him in blackface to impersonate Chris Rock, resurfaced and led to a major backlash.
The host apologized for his “terrible decision” on social media soon after, and then spoke about it at length during an emotional monologue where he apologized again, saying that he was “horrified” and “embarrassed.”