Jay Pharoah Hopes For Black Female Cast Member on SNL

Saturday Night Live is constantly being criticized for the lack of diversity among its cast members. This year, it's more glaring than ever. Bringing on an additional six cast members opened the door for edgy new talent. However, of the 6 newbies, all of them are white and 5 of them are male. The show made light of the fact you can barely tell them apart but isn't it time for something new and different?

Via The Grio:

If Jay Pharoah had his way, there would’ve been a black female cast member on Saturday Night Live yesterday.

Actually, he’s got someone on stand by for whenever the producers give him a word.

“They need to pay attention,” Pharoah tells theGrio. “Her name is Darmirra Brunson…Why do I think she should be on the show? Because she’s black first of all, and she’s really talented. She’s amazing. She needs to be on SNL. I said it. And I believe they need to follow up with it like they said they were going to do last year.”

Since Maya Rudolph’s departure in 2007, no African-American woman has been cast on the Saturday night stronghold, and along with Kenan Thompson, Pharoah remains the only other black actor and on a show with 16 cast members.

While the series has constantly been criticized for its lack of diversity, the make-up remains homogenous with only three people of color total. Even with six new comedians added to the lineup this season, all are white and some believe the quota has been met.

Pharoah, on the other hand, says he doesn’t know what’s up.

Pharoah recently told E! News he would love to give Cyrus a reality check, taking her, Britney Spears, and Amanda Bynes on a field trip “to the hood.”

“In some part, they are striving to be that so, let’s take them there and show them,” he explains. “Let’s take them to the strip club. Take them to the hood. Take them down to my cousin’s house down in Norfolk.”