Watch Aziz Ansari Call BS on CBS’ Diversity On The Tonight Show
Appearing on The Tonight Show, Aziz Ansari left fellow South Carolinian and host extraordinaire Stephen Colbert momentarily speechless after calling out CBS’ lack of diversity.
He was quick to highlight that Colbert (who recognises he is probably racist – see below) was the ‘bajillionth’ white dude to host his own show while they bantered about their roots. Aziz recently published an essay ripping in to Hollywood’s diversity problem which explores his experience as an Indian actor.
Meanwhile at CBS:
The pair joked about the networks lack of equal representation, mocking his appearance as a guest as peak diversity:
“It’s 50% diverse – that’s like an all-time high for CBS!”
Watch the clip below:
Racism was recently a hot discussion point on the show when Margaret Cho joined Stephen for a chat. It was then that Colbert admitted that he was probably racist. Watch that clip here: