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Article: Whoopi Goldberg defends Ted Danson's blackface act at Friars Club roast.
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- Jet
- Article date:
- October 25, 1993
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Whoopi Goldberg recently scolded critics who attacked her boyfriend, former "Cheers" star Ted Danson, as racist for appearing in blackface at a Friars Club roast in her honor, saying they should have expected tasteless, vulgar humor.
To diffuse the firestorm of controversy generated by Ted Danson's appearance in blackface at the Friars Club roasting of her, Goldberg is urging the public to remember that those roasts are traditionally x-rated affairs with no-holds barred comments.
Ms. Goldberg told Jet: "Many people who come to the roast were unfamiliar with the Friars Club. I thought everyone knew the definition of a roast. You char that person. You talk ...