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"Nick Cannon has responded to the controversy caused by his whiteface character. The star transformed himself into white character Connor Smallnut to promote his new album White People Party Music.  Speaking to Arsenio Hall, Cannon said that the character comes from stuff that he used to do while working on Nickelodeon at the age of 19. Asked by the chat show host what he has learned from portraying the character, he said: &amp;quot;White people know how to have a good time. I had so much fun being white and enjoying all that privilege, it was amazing.&amp;quot; Cannon added that nobody who he works with has had a problem with the character, and teased the possibility of Connor Smallnut making an appearance on a future episode of America&amp;#039;s Got Talent.  &amp;quot;People have a sense of humour - embrace it!&amp;quot; he said of the controversy. &amp;quot;People who have a problem with it need to re-evaluate and question themselves, because there&amp;#039;s a huge difference between humour and hatred.  &amp;quot;People can always find the nastiness and negativity in anything. I was doing this on Nickelodeon at 19 and nobody had a problem with it. &amp;quot;People who can&amp;#039;t take a joke can take a hike,&amp;quot; he concluded. Watch Nick Cannon speaking to Arsenio Hall below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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