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Quinta Brunson Calls For Increment In Teachers Salaries In ‘SNL’ Monologue

April 2, 2023
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Quinta Brunson Calls For Increment In Teachers Salaries in ‘SNL’ Opening Monologue

Quinta Brunson touched on her career journey from wanting to be on the sketch comedy show to hosting it on Saturday Night Live opening monologue. She also called for teachers to be paid the money they deserve.

“I love that people are enjoying ‘Abbott,’ but I wish that they didn’t expect me to be exactly like my character all the time in public. Janine Teagues is a second grade teacher who is caring and wholesome, but I’m the opposite. I mean, I’m not a filthy whore but I like to have fun,” Brunson joked.

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Brunson went on to explain how, as a result, some viewers assume she has a detailed understanding of the public school system: “I just want people to lower their expectations of me,” she said. “I’m still young — still figuring things out.”

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“I wanted to be on SNL back in the day, but the audition process seemed a little long,” the Abbott Elementary creator said. “So, instead, I just created my own TV show, made sure it became really popular, won a bunch of Emmys and then got asked to host. It’s so much easier.”

She went on to say that her show is a network show, instead of a streaming one and began jokingly comparing it to Friends.  “It’s a network sitcom, like ‘Friends,’ but instead of being about a group of friends it’s about a group of teachers, instead of New York it’s Philadelphia and instead of not having Black people, it does.”

“Remember how important teachers are, acknowledge the work they do every day, and for the love of God, pay them the money they deserve,” Brunson added after the video concluded.

The episode opened with featured player James Austin Johnson portraying Donald Trump in a political sketch that comes two days after the former president was indicted by a grand jury. With Trump’s indictment, he is the first president in U.S. history to ever be charged with a crime.

 

 

 

 

 

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