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Howard Stern is speaking out about a resurfaced television special in which he wore blackface and used the N-word multiple times.
The performance, which was taken from Stern's 1993 New Year's Eve special, recently came to light after Donald Trump Jr. retweeted out an article containing a video of the sketch, writing, "Yikes! NSFW: Howard Stern says N-word too many times during awful blackface impression that should have Libs yelling 'CANCEL!'"
Stern, 66, addressed the unearthed clip during his SiriusXM show on Monday, saying, "The s— I did was f—— crazy.
"I'll be the first to admit. I won't go back and watch those old shows; it's like, 'Who is that guy?' But that was my shtick, that's what I did and I own it. I don't think I got embraced by Nazi groups and hate groups. They seemed to think I was against them too. Everybody had a bone to pick with me," he continued.
The sketch showed Stern satirizing a 1993 incident in which actor Ted Danson dressed in blackface during a Friar's Club roast of then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg. In the parody, Stern wore blackface to play Danson, now 72, and liberally used the N-word. (Danson previously addressed his use of blackface during a 2008 interview with NPR, calling it "a graceless moment in my life.")
Howard Stern is speaking out about a resurfaced television special in which he wore blackface and used the N-word multiple times.
The performance, which was taken from Stern's 1993 New Year's Eve special, recently came to light after Donald Trump Jr. retweeted out an article containing a video of the sketch, writing, "Yikes! NSFW: Howard Stern says N-word too many times during awful blackface impression that should have Libs yelling 'CANCEL!'"
Stern, 66, addressed the unearthed clip during his SiriusXM show on Monday, saying, "The s— I did was f—— crazy.
"I'll be the first to admit. I won't go back and watch those old shows; it's like, 'Who is that guy?' But that was my shtick, that's what I did and I own it. I don't think I got embraced by Nazi groups and hate groups. They seemed to think I was against them too. Everybody had a bone to pick with me," he continued.
The sketch showed Stern satirizing a 1993 incident in which actor Ted Danson dressed in blackface during a Friar's Club roast of then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg. In the parody, Stern wore blackface to play Danson, now 72, and liberally used the N-word. (Danson previously addressed his use of blackface during a 2008 interview with NPR, calling it "a graceless moment in my life.")