Marlon Jackson Speaks About "Jackson Jive"

Marlon Jackson is speaking out about the so-called "Jackson Jive" blackface performance that aired on Australia's "Hey Hey It's Saturday" show.

Access Hollywood asked Jackson for a comment, he said:

"Wow, and you want a comment from us about that?  Man, if they turned up looking like that in the United States." 

Jackson went on to say while it wasn't the most politically correct performance, he didn't think that the group behind it was out to hurt anyone's feelings. Jackson said "they probably weren't trying to be offensive about it or anything of that nature with the family."  But he did go on to thank Harry Connick, Jr. for speaking out against the performance.

The station that runs the "Hey Hey It's Saturday" program issued this statement:

"It was never intended to offend and we regret any offense [the act] caused."

A member of the "Jackson Jive" says they all want to apologize but they did not mean for the act to offend anyone.

Amazing how in 2009 people still don't get it.