I really could not care less about Nick Cannon, but the hypocrisy is mind-blowing.
Via THR:
Nick Cannon is once again defending the white alter ego he created to promote his upcoming album.
The America’s Got Talent host — who created a controversy when he posted Instagram photos and videos in which he’s sporting whiteface, red hair, a beanie hat and plaid shirt — told Good Morning America that his character isn’t the same as blackface.
“They’re using this term ‘whiteface,’ like I don’t even know what that is,” Cannon said. “I know ‘blackface’ was a term that was created in 1869 to describe offensive minstrel shows. ‘Whiteface,’ if you look it up and Google it, it’s a ski slope in upstate New York. I was doing a character impression. Blackface is about oppression.”