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Jamie Foxx defends Jimmy Fallon amid Chris Rock SNL blackface controversy
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"He was doing an impression of chris rock," Foxx wrote in an Instagram post about the controversy. "It wasn't black face. We comedians I know it's a tough time right now. But this one is a stretch...On a show called in living color we played every race Let this one go. We got bigger fish to fry... #changecourse."
TOPICS: Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Blackface
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