{"id":244242,"date":"2026-06-04T15:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/ted-danson-apologizes-again-for-controversial-blackface-roast-of-whoopi-goldberg\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:26:04","slug":"ted-danson-apologizes-again-for-controversial-blackface-roast-of-whoopi-goldberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/ted-danson-apologizes-again-for-controversial-blackface-roast-of-whoopi-goldberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Danson Apologizes Again for Controversial Blackface Roast of Whoopi Goldberg"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Ted Danson<\/strong><\/a> is reflecting on a regrettable moment in his career.<\/p>\n

The 78-year-old actor made an appearance on the Who’s With Me?<\/em> podcast with W. Kamau Bell<\/strong>, where he spoke about doing Blackface during a roast of former partner Whoopi Goldberg<\/strong><\/a> at the New York Friars Club in 1993.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI need to and want to apologize for the rest of my life because somebody today can go on the internet and go, \u2018What the f–k? Wow, I feel betrayed, I feel angry.\u2019 And I did that,\u201d Ted<\/strong> reflected, noting that while their relationship was coming to an end, they had tried to get out of doing the roast together.<\/p>\n

The event sold “so many tickets,” so the then-couple went forward with it anyway, he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo my brain was going, OK, here is one of the most outrageous, funny Black women in the world. And I\u2019m supposed to be roasting her and I\u2019m not a stand-up, I can\u2019t run with the bulls. So I was like, \u2018God, what am I gonna do?’ And then I thought, \u2018Well I can do performance theater.\u2019 And I looked at all these tapes and it\u2019s like, well if I were Black, I could say all these outrageous things. I\u2019m not; then my mind went, I will do it in blackface and that will be funny or not, but it will be like, \u2018I have license now.\u2019 \u2026 I thought I could pull this off,” Ted<\/strong> said of the decision.<\/p>\n

He regretted thinking a “white guy could have something valuable to say about race and race relations,\u201d and called it \u201cso arrogant and stupid on my part.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWithin 20 seconds, I was like, \u2018I stuck my finger in a light socket’…I thought I was doing a satire on mixed relationships, and I thought I was being edgy,” he admitted.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYour intentions do not matter. The impact you have on people is what matters. And if you haven\u2019t thought through that, then you need to. I thought I could run with the big boys, and I couldn\u2019t. And it was stupid and it was not my place, and it was wrong and it was hurtful \u2026 So I apologize again to anyone who\u2019s listening, that I was arrogant enough to think that I had something to offer,” Ted <\/strong>apologized.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoor Whoopi Goldberg<\/strong> has had to defend me over the years, sweetly and gracefully. So the last thing she probably wants to do is be put in this position again,” he added. Watch him explain above.<\/p>\n

He also just opened up about his health, revealing that he had a recent health scare that \u201chumbled\u201d him.<\/p>\n

The post Ted Danson Apologizes Again for Controversial Blackface Roast of Whoopi Goldberg<\/a> appeared first on Just Jared – Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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