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Ted Danson reflects on a disastrous 1993 Friars Club roast where he performed in blackface, used the N-word repeatedly, and delivered raunchy jokes while dating Whoopi Goldberg — a night he now deeply regrets. He admits he thought it was edgy performance art, not realizing the audience was horrified, not amused. The backlash was immediate: Montel Williams walked out, the mayor called it “way, way over the line,” and the club issued an apology. Danson, who even ran the material by Goldberg beforehand, now feels lifelong guilt and says he still owes an apology — acknowledging the harm his actions caused, even as Goldberg has defended him over the years.

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