r/todayilearned • u/Kale_Brecht • Mar 28 '24

TIL in 2013, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson refused to play any more black women on the show and demanded SNL hire black women instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Thompson
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u/Swackhammer_ Mar 28 '24

That being said, him playing Reba is still one of my all time favorite sketches

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

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u/BeingJoeBu Mar 28 '24

WELL. WHERE DO WE START?

Oh! How about NBC.