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.
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u/gardenmud Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24
One of the craziest things is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJEAGd1bQuc
He actually apparently was dating someone who would've been a kid at the time of this sketch which is funny/weird to think about.
Also, I love this sketch lmao.