Tom Hanks apologizes for 'hideously offensive' blackface video
MSNBC - Fallout from a 2004 fundraising auction emceed by Tom Hanks continued Wednesday, as James Montgomery, the investment banker caught wearing blackface at the school event, apologized Wednesday for his costume...
From MSNBC: Fallout from a 2004 fundraising auction emceed by Tom Hanks continued Wednesday, as James Montgomery, the investment banker caught wearing blackface at the school event, apologized Wednesday for his costume.
“Each of us does and says things at one point or another in our lives we regret,” Montgomery told TheWrap. “The costume I wore to the 2004 Fundraiser was one such thing for me.”
The video shows Montgomery wearing African tribal wear and carrying a stuffed gorilla.
Montgomery, who is CEO of the Santa Monica-based Montgomery & Co., said he did not intend to cause offense.
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