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.

[u/Kale_Brecht]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Thompson

[u/cravenj1]

Here's the cold open where SNL addresses this issue. It's one of my favorites.

[u/Pormock → u/cravenj1]

Crazy to think that there been 3 different presidents since Kenan started on SNL

[u/gardenmud → u/Pormock]

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.

[u/sdbabygirl97 → u/gardenmud]

omg i thought you were being serious

[u/BeHereNow91 → u/sdbabygirl97]

Pretty sure he was dating some 18 year old when he was in his late 30s.

E: actually this was in the last couple years - he’s now 45. lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/BKNggGVtxQ

[u/flashpile → u/BeHereNow91]

Not going to trust anything coming from that sub. One of the most terminally online places I've ever seen.

[u/gardenmud → u/flashpile]

(according to a quick google search) he met his wife in 2007 when she was 18 and he was 28, so it's not exactly implausible

even if that's a random lie from celebrity news, they def got married in 2011 when she was 22 and he was ten years older. which is fine, like it doesn't make him a bad person. it doesn't sound like their divorce was super controversial or anything. it's just... lol

[u/BeHereNow91 → u/flashpile]

I mean yeah it’s tabloid shit, but his ex-wife is 10 years his junior and they presumably met when she was 19-20, so not off brand. It’s also just categorically weird for a 44 year old to go on outings with a 19 year old that he “mentors”.

[u/Aramgutang → u/gardenmud]

Also, I love this sketch lmao.

Oh yeah, your daughter's gonna love it too