‘Saturday Night Live’: Quinta Brunson Makes Hosting Debut; Donald Trump Skewered in Cold Open
02.04.2023 - 05:15
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Katie Reul editor Class is back in session with “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson, whose April 1 hosting debut on “Saturday Night Live” featured a comedic lesson on why she and her character, Janine Teagues, are actually nothing alike. “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. For viewers not familiar with Brunson, the actor provided a biting description of her acclaimed mockumentary series that caused an eruption of laughter among the crowd: “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.”
Quinta Brunson’s monologue! pic.twitter.com/Tdj91WdPEC The Emmy winner paralleled the series to her own background, growing up in Philadelphia as the child of a teacher. 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.” By the same token, Brunson said she often downplays her interactions with celebrities when talking with her family. She cited one example of a time she lied to her mother about meeting former president Barack Obama, and presented a video of the two of them as proof. In the clip, Obama pays recognition to Brunson’s mother for devoting her life to being a teacher, which he called “the most important job
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