Jay Pharoah Says 'Saturday Night Live' Cast Members Told Him He Was Underutilized

function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); Jay Pharoah, comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member, has opened up about being let go from the sketch comedy show.On Friday morning, Pharoah appeared on Hot 97s Erbo in the Morning, and held nothing back when talking about SNL. If you recall, he was let go last summer, along with Taran Killam.You go where youre appreciated, Pharoah told hosts Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez. If you have multiple people on the cast saying things like, Youre so talented and youre able and they dont use you and its unfair. And its making us feel bad,because they dont use you and youre a talent.He continued, They put people into boxes and whatever they want you to do, they expect you to do. Pharoah admitted hes a fiery person and noted he wasnt always willing to say yes to certain sketches when they were presented to him. He also agreed that he was put in an impression box. And if you watched SNL while Pharoah was on the show, you probably noticed he was the go-to for impersonating everyone from Jay Z to Ben Carson to Barack Obama.Another aspect of the show that rubbed Pharoah the wrong way was the lack of representation among the cast ' namely, women of color. The comedian revealed he spoke up about the issue and was almost fired because of it.When asked if he was the catalyst for the conversation of diversity at SNL, Pharoah flat-out said, Yes. Im the reason it happened. Eventually, Sasheer Zamata was hired as just the fifth black woman to star on the show in 2014, and writer and occasional Weekend Update guest Leslie Jones was promoted to a cast member later that same year.At the end of the day though, it seems Pharoah has no hard feelings and no beef with SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels.Aint no problem with Lorne Michaels, Pharoah said. We on good graces and everything.Watch the whole interview above.-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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