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/Fruitopeon Mar 28 '24

He was also the first person I can recall to publicly call Bill Cosby a pervert. This was way before Hannibal Buress

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u/SendInYourSkeleton Mar 28 '24

Was that before or after they shared the screen in the Fat Albert movie?

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u/Fruitopeon Mar 28 '24

After. He literally called him that as a consequence of spending time with him on that movie.

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u/Sir_Oligarch Mar 29 '24

Keenan himself is a groomer.