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Ted Danson Says He’ll Apologize ‘For the Rest of My Life’ Over Whoopi Goldberg Roast

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Ted Danson is once again confronting one of the most controversial moments of his career, saying he intends to keep apologizing for his 1993 blackface performance at a Friars Club roast honoring then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg . Appearing on W. Kamau Bell’s Who’s With Me? podcast , the Cheers and The Good Place star reflected on the roast that shocked audiences at the time and continues to generate discussion more than 30 years later. “I need to and want to apologize for the rest of my life,” Danson said at around the 38:30 mark of the podcast. “Because somebody today can go on the internet and go, ‘What the f*ck? Wow, I feel betrayed, I feel angry.’ And I did that.” The incident took place during a New York Friars Club charity roast for Goldberg, whom Danson was dating at the time. During the event, he appeared in blackface makeup and delivered a routine filled with racial slurs and explicit jokes about the couple’s relationship.…

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