Ego Nwodim Just Shared Why She Left "SNL," And It's Making Me Think About A Serious Diversity Problem

Back in May, Blake Shelton returned to his roots, dropping his first album in four years, the winkingly titled For ...
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Ego Nwodim On SNL Exit & Hopes For More Black Women In Cast

Ego Nwodim discusses her departure from Saturday Night Live and her hope for more Black female representation in the show's ...

Ego Nwodim Explains ‘SNL’ Exit and Says ‘I Hope There Will Be More Black Women’ on the Show: It Was ‘Time to Make Space for Something Else for Me’

Ego Nwodim told Sherri Shepherd about her decision to exit 'SNL' after 51 seasons, leaving the show without any Black women ...

Gene Wilder Acted Like Gilda Radner’s ‘Dad’: ‘SNL’ Co-Star

Jane Curtin, Larraine Newman, and Gilda Radner—were very close, Curtin shared, which allowed her intimate insight into Radner ...

Ego Nwodim Is "Honored" to Be the Seventh Black Woman on ‘SNL' and Hopes More Will Join Cast

"I felt honored to represent for us," she said. Of why season 51 was her time to leave the show, Nwodim explained that "it ...
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‘Saturday Night Live’ has a serious Black women problem

Over the past 50 years, “Saturday Night Live” has had 171 cast members. Only seven have been Black women, and just five lasted longer than one season. In 1980, Lorne Michaels introduced Yvonne Hudson ...
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Sherri Shepherd Calls Out 'SNL' for Lack of Black Women in the Cast

For the first time in over a decade, Saturday Night Live is heading into a new season without a single Black woman in its lineup. The change comes after Ego Nwodim, who joined the sketch comedy series ...
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‘This Is An Emergency’: After SNL Cast Shakeups Sherri Shepherd Implores The Comedy Series To Hire A Black Woman, And I Agree

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The legendary series recently debuted Season 51 with no Black ...

San Francisco festival announces 'SNL' reunion

As far as San Francisco festivals go, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass might be the most wholesome, Outside Lands the most rocking ...
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Sherri Shepherd Calls Out ‘SNL’ Over Having No Black Women in Cast

Sherri Shepherd has urged Saturday Night Live to hire another Black woman after the exit of long-time cast member Ego Nwodim, who was the iconic sketch show‘s only Black female cast member. On ...