Funnywoman Leslie Jones gets candid about her Saturday Night Live stint in her new memoir, Leslie F*cking Jones, revealing just how frustrated she felt with the roles she was always asked to play.In 2014, Jones joined the cast of SNL, and with her energetic personality, she quickly stood out as a fan favorite performer. Because of her acclaim, she was nominated for an Emmy in both 2017 and 2018 for her work on the show. However, Jones left the sketch comedy series in 2019, and she has since stated in interviews that she doesn’t miss her time on the show. While speaking with NPR to promote her memoir, Jones addressed how she felt pigeonholed on the show by only being allowed to play one kind of character and nothing more.“SNL, they take that one [trope] and they wring it,” Jones explained. “They wring it because that’s the machine. So whatever it is that I’m giving that they’re so happy about, they feel like it’s got to be that all the time or something like that. So it was like a caricature of myself… Either I’m trying to love on the white boys or beat up on the white boys, or I’m doing something loud.”Related: Why Mark Hamill Would Still Host SNL Despite Never Being Asked
Funnywoman Leslie Jones gets candid about her Saturday Night Live stint in her new memoir, Leslie F*cking Jones, revealing just how frustrated she felt with the roles she was always asked to play.
In 2014, Jones joined the cast of SNL, and with her energetic personality, she quickly stood out as a fan favorite performer. Because of her acclaim, she was nominated for an Emmy in both 2017 and 2018 for her work on the show. However, Jones left the sketch comedy series in 2019, and she has since stated in interviews that she doesn’t miss her time on the show. While speaking with NPR to promote her memoir, Jones addressed how she felt pigeonholed on the show by only being allowed to play one kind of character and nothing more.
“SNL, they take that one [trope] and they wring it,” Jones explained. “They wring it because that’s the machine. So whatever it is that I’m giving that they’re so happy about, they feel like it’s got to be that all the time or something like that. So it was like a caricature of myself… Either I’m trying to love on the white boys or beat up on the white boys, or I’m doing something loud.”
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