VIDEO: Larry Wilmore Calls Out Ben Affleck for His Slave-Owning Ancestry

By: Apr. 21, 2015
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On last night's THE NIGHTLY SHOW on Comedy Central, host Larry Wilmore shared a new segment for the show he called, "It Turns Out Ben Affleck's Ancestors May Have Owned Mine." Joked the host, "I know this sounds crazy, but Ben Affleck was on a PBS show called 'Finding Your Roots. It turns out his roots were a little too close to 'Roots' roots." Watch the clips below!

About NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE

Continuing in Comedy Central's grand tradition of producing groundbreaking late night formats,

"The Nightly Show" (twitter: @NightlyShow) will provide viewers with Larry Wilmore's distinct point of view and comedic take on current events and pop culture from a perspective largely missing in the late-night television landscape. Hosted by Wilmore, the series will feature a diverse panel of minority voices currently underrepresented in comedy and television.

"The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" was created by Jon Stewart and will be produced by Stewart's Busboy Productions with Stewart, Wilmore and Rory Albanese serving as Executive Producers, Amy Ozols as Co-Executive Producer and Sue Fellows as Supervising Producer. The series' Head Writer is Robin Thede.

Well-known to fans of "The Daily Show" for his role as the "Senior Black Correspondent" on

"The Best F*&#ing News Team Ever!," Larry Wilmore (twitter: @thelarrywilmore) joined "The Daily Show" in 2006 after an award-winning career in television writing and producing in the early 90s. Wilmore created the critically-acclaimed and award-winning "The Bernie Mac Show," which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2002, and co-created the animated show "The PJs" with Eddie Murphy. He has also written for shows such as "In Living Color," "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and "The Jamie Foxx Show." Wilmore was a consulting producer on NBC's "The Office," also appearing in a few episodes. Most recently, he served as executive producer/showrunner for the launch of ABC's hit comedy "black-ish."



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