After 43 seasons on air, only on Saturday night did Saturday Night Live finally get around to having a black comedienne host the show.
Girls Trip star Tiffany Haddish was center stage as she became the first African-American female stand-up comedian to host SNL.
Haddish was given a little extra time on her opening monologue slot and allowed to treat her introduction to the audience as a stand-up routine.
Tiffany Haddish was the first female African-American to host show in 43 years
She made jokes about President Trump’s hair and Louis C.K. harassment stories
The 37-year-old began her kicked off her monologue by making a joke about President Trump’s hair and then went onto school male viewers on what was appropriate behavior in the light of explosive revelations by the disgraced comedian Louis C.K.
‘If your thing’s out, and she’s got all her clothes on, you’re wrong. You are in the wrong,’ Haddish said during the monologue.
‘Wait until she takes her own clothes off, then pull your thing-thing out.’
Haddish told how SNL was one of her favorite shows to watch as she grew up in a foster home in Los Angeles, but noted the lack of diversity among the cast.
The show was under scrutiny over its failure to hire minority cast members
‘You have no idea how difficult it is to convince a bunch of black and hispanic kids to watch SNL over ‘In Living Color,’ ‘ Haddish said. ‘Try to convince them that Dana Carvey is just as funny as Damon Wayans.’
The show’s cast had been was predominantly white for decades but things slowly began to change in 2014 when it hired ex-cast member Sasheer Zamata and promoted then-writer Leslie Jones to the ensemble.
During her monologue Haddish went onto thank the social worker who pressed her to pursue comedy, and taxpayers.
He speaks: Louis C.K. has released a statement one day after five women came forward accusing him of sexual misconduct
‘I want to thank everybody who paid taxes between 1990 and 1999, because without your tax dollars, I wouldn’t be standing here,’ she said.
On Friday, Louis C.K. has broke his silence after he was accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by five women in a New York Times expose.
C.K. confirmed that they were not in fact allegations in a lengthy statement.
‘These stories are true. At the time, I said to myself that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my d*** without asking first, which is also true,’ C.K. said.
‘But what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your d*** isn’t a question. It’s a predicament for them.’
He went on to state: ‘The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly.I have been remorseful of my actions. And I’ve tried to learn from them. And run from them. Now I’m aware of the extent of the impact of my actions.