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Tom Hanks Calls 2004 “Blackface” Video In Which He Appears “Hideously Offensive”

7:14 pm, March 20th, 2012

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(Daily Caller)

A video from 2004 has just surfaced showing Tom Hanks and Eagles rocker Glenn Frey bantering next to a man in blackface at a school auction.

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The two stars were participating in a fundraising event for St. Matthew’s Parish School in Pacific Palisades, California, where children of both Hanks and Frey attended.

It’s not entirely clear from the clip why a third man, identified as banker James Montgomery, had dressed in “African” garb and blackface, but both Hanks and Frey are seen joking about the offensive get-up.

On Tuesday, Hanks issued a statement in response to the video, which surfaced hours earlier on The Daily Caller.

“In 2004, I was blindsided when one of the parents got up on the stage in a costume that was hideously offensive then and is hideously offensive now,” Hanks said.

He continued, “What is usually a night of food and drink for a good cause was, regrettably, marred by an appalling few moments.”

Gossip Cop reached out to Montgomery for comment and explanation.

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  • Stellan

    I like that he apologized but he should have told that tool standing next to him how offensive it was back then.

  • Neil

    Seriously, there’s a guy in blackface behind him — didn’t think at the time to tell the audience over the microphone how uncool that is?

  • Jerry

    It looks like Tom is trying to get away from the guy. He should have told the guy to get out of the black face.

  • Anonymous

    No worries Tom. We are used to the unbridled hypocrisy of you liberals.

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  • Janice

    I feel very conflicted about the whole thing, but I feel very sorry that Tom Hanks found himself blindsided like that. You can tell from the things he says that he was truly embarrassed by the whole thing. He lent himself to the school for his children’s sake and ended up being placed in a position that he didn’t expect. It would have been worst for him to embarrass his children & the people who probably paid money toward the auction to act otherwise. By his actions, you could tell he was embarrass and did not approve of what was going on.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=714358702 Patrick Cloward

    I’m surprised at Hanks denunciation of his best friend Wilson…. so Tom.. you ARE a racist?

  • Enufisenuf

    Btw Jamie Montgomery is and always has been a staunch Republican and Bush and McCain supporter/donor. This whole thing has surfaced as an attempt to humiliate Tom Hanks for his support of Obama. Criticize the A-hole in blackface and not the guy trying to keep it together for the school fundraiser.

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