\u201cInstead of not having Black people, it does.\u201d
\nQuinta Brunson blasted Friends for its lack of Black characters during a recent appearance on Saturday Night Live.<\/p>\n
The comedian, who is best known for creating and starring in Abbott Elementary, used her opening monologue on last weekend\u2019s show (April 1) to call out Friends for its lack of diversity.<\/p>\n
Abbott Elementary revolves around the life of a group of teachers working at a poorly funded school in Philidelphia where the students are predominantly Black.<\/p>\n
Friends, however, follows a group of six white people living in their apartments and drinking coffee in New York City.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to be on SNL back in the day but the audition process seemed long \u2013 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,\u201d she said, via The Independent. \u201cSo much easier, so much easier.\u201d<\/p>\n
She went on to compare her show to the classic sitcom: \u201cIt\u2019s a network sitcom like, say, Friends. Except, instead of being about a group of friends, it\u2019s about a group of teachers. Instead of New York, it\u2019s in Philadelphia and instead of not having Black people, it does.\u201d<\/p>\n