Melbourne, Oct 10 : Late King of Pop Michael Jackson’s brothers have thanked American singer Harry Connick Jr for sticking up for their family on ‘Hey Hey It’s Saturday’.

A Red Faces skit featuring black faces had left Harry Connick Jr uncomfortable on the reunion, reports the Herald Sun.

But Marlon, Tito and Jackie Jackson also said that they felt the Red Faces impersonation, which had left the world aghast, was not a personal attack on them.

The sketch where six Sydney doctors of mixed ethnic background donned wigs and blackface make-up to perform The Jacksons’ hit ‘Can You Feel It’ has been widely condemned in America where blackface is associated with racist minstrel shows of the 19th century.

Connick, 42, from New Orleans, was a guest judge on Red Faces when the sketch was performed and was visibly upset.

Host Daryl Somers later offered him an apology, and Connick thanked him for being gracious enough to allow him to speak out against the sketch on live air. (ANI)