Tiffany Hadish auditioned for SNL three times -- and sought Whoopi Goldberg’s advice before her groundbreaking hosting stint

The New York Times

“I had auditioned for SNL three different times, so to me it was, ‘Finally, I’m here,’” she tells The New York Times. “And I was super grateful to be there in that capacity, as opposed to as a regular performer. To be a host is a super big honor. I couldn’t believe I was the first black woman comedian to do it. I Googled and saw that Whoopi Goldberg had been on it, so I reached out to her. I said, ‘Have you ever done SNL? She said, ‘Only a sketch.’ I said, ‘You never hosted?’ And she said, ‘You the first, bitch, you better do a good job.’”