“SNL” host Quinta Brunson fulfilled her childhood dream by imploring viewers to “remember how important teachers are” during her monologue.
The “Abbott Elementary” creator, in her first time hosting the show, revealed that she once wanted to be a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” and joked that she took the “easy” way out of making a show. .
Brunson later described his NBC series and compared it to “Friends,” with a few exceptions.
“Instead of talking about a group of friends, it’s about a group of teachers. And instead of New York, it’s in Philadelphia. And instead of not having black people, yes,” he joked.
Brunson, the daughter of a teacher, also weighed in on the downside of her show: that people expect her to fix problems with the public school system.
“When that bank collapsed, no one wanted to come up to the ‘Succession’ cast and say, ‘How do we fix this, Cousin Greg,'” he joked.
Brunson went on to play a clip of himself with former President Barack Obama, who called out Brunson’s mother for doing “the most important job there is.”
“Please remember how important teachers are, recognize the work they do every day, and for the love of God, pay them the money they deserve,” Brunson later said.
