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Feb 11, 2019 · In October 1993, actor Ted Danson appeared at a Friars Club roast of his then girlfriend, Whoopi Goldberg, with his face painted dark brown and a wide white stripe encircling his mouth.
Oct 10, 1993 · They cringed in disbelief during the opening monologue by actor Ted Danson, Whoopi's lover, who appeared in blackface and used the word "nigger" more than a dozen times during a series of jokes that drew smaller and smaller laughs, until finally the audience was groaning and Danson faltered as he tried to plow through his written material.
Why Whoopi Goldberg Defended Ted Danson’s Blackface. From 1992 to 1993, Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg were briefly an item. This union in itself caused a bit of a stir, with the affair contributing to Danson’s divorce from his second wife, Cassandra Coates.
Jul 19, 2019 · In short, it’s hard to offend Whoopi. So when her then-boyfriend Ted Danson roasted her in blackface at the Friars Club, Whoopi wasn’t among those condemning him.
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Oct 14, 1993 · Ted Danson, the white actor and her lover, was the toastmaster at a Friars Club roast of her on Friday, and stunned the celebrity-filled audience at the New York Hilton Hotel ballroom when he...
Mar 17, 2024 · Whoopi Goldberg can be heard laughing in the midst of applauses as Ted Danson walks on stage with blackface. Due to the nature of the event, video footage is replaced by a still picture of Danson and Goldberg from a news article about the roast, leaving an audio piece from the skit partially found.
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Feb 9, 2019 · In the 1990s, actor Ted Danson did a riff that included blackface and used more than a dozen references to the n-word.
