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Howard Stern Under Fire Over Old Blackface N-Word Sketch


Radio host Howard Stern has become the latest celebrity to come under fire after video clip emerged of him in blackface and repeatedly using the N-word, despite the fact that he had previously denied doing so.

In the resurfaced video, currently circulating online, SternĀ appears decked out in blackface makeup and using the offensive term, havingĀ deniedĀ using it during an appearance onĀ The ViewĀ last year.

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According toĀ Page Six,Ā the Stern-starring clip came from a skit mocking Ted Dansonā€™s infamous 1993 blackface performance with his then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg, who now co-hostsĀ The View.Ā It was part of Sternā€™s ā€œNew Yearā€™s Rotten Eve Pageant, aired via pay-per-view.

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SternĀ plays the role Danson and performs a back-and-forth with his longtime black sidekick Robin Quivers. Stern is sitting besides actor Sherman Hemsley who plays Whoopi, whom Stern repeatedly addresses as a ā€œsmelly nigger.ā€

ā€œDonā€™t be all racially offended because Whoopi all wrote ā€™em for me,ā€ Stern says after the audience is shocked by his joke.

ā€œWhat does ya call a black rocket scientist?ā€ Stern then asks Quivers. ā€œA niggerā€¦ Whoopi wrote it Whoopi wrote it,ā€ he says.

ā€œI want ya to give us a kiss you smelly cock head coon,ā€ he tells Quivers at one point.
The footage made waves on social media. Many using have taken exception to Sternā€™s previousĀ attacksĀ on Trump supporters as ā€œmoronsā€ whoĀ shouldĀ ā€œdrop deadā€ by taking disinfectant.

Over at Forbes, writer Seth CohenĀ saysĀ ā€œThere is no question Stern needs to make a complete and genuine apology for the skit, and perhaps other incidents that may surface.ā€

Stern is one of many liberals to come under fire for their use of blackface.Ā Other Hollywood figures who have been found to have previously worn blackface include Canadian Prime MinisterĀ Justin Trudeau, comedianĀ Jimmy Fallon, and the Governor of VirginiaĀ Ralph Northam.

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