Sarah Silverman Regrets Wearing ‘Most Racist Blackface’ in Comedy Central Sketch (Video)

“There’s a still of me on Twitter in blackface … it’s totally racist out of context and I regret that,” comedian says

Sarah Silverman has made a living pushing the envelope comedically for quite a long time — but there’s one gag that the actress wishes she could take back.

The Thursday “Watch What Happens Live” guest was asked by a caller what the most regrettable joke she ever delivered was.

“I had an episode on ‘The Sarah Silverman Program’ that I love called ‘Face Wars’ where me and the waiter in the restaurant, played by Alex Désert, switch,” Silverman responded. “I say it’s harder to be Jewish and he says it’s harder to be black, and we switch for the day.”

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