Harry Connick skit poking fun : Australia last week
Harry Connick Jr. says he did the right thing by expressing his outrage at a blackface skit poking fun at the Jackson Five in Australia last week.
"I'm pleased with the way I handled the situation," the 42-year-old American singer and actor told reporters Wednesday in Hong Kong, where he was promoting his new album "Your Songs."
Connick said he canceled an autograph session and interviews in Sydney after the show to let the controversy die down.
"It was very hot. It was a subject that was very, very controversial. So we just decided to take a couple of days off. I wasn't worried about physical harm," he said.
Blackface once was a part of minstrel shows in the United States, with whites playing stock black characters usually demeaning stereotypes after rubbing coal, grease or shoe polish on their faces.
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