While it's an honor to be hosting the hit NBC comedy show, some celebrity hosts' jokes in their opening monologue unfortunately became an insult to the others.
- November 15, 2020
AceShowbiz - Kumail Nanjiani sparked buzzes being the first person of South Asian descent to host "SNL" and the Pakistani-born star took that as an opportunity to tackle anti-racism in his monologue back in a 2017 episode. The "Silicon Valley" actor talked about how "Islamophobia is on the rise," adding that he's been told to "go back to India" numerous times.
"Sikhs get attacked all the time for being Muslim. Spoiler alert: They're not. But they're brown and they wore turbans, so people attack them for being Muslim," he said, adding, "[It] must put them in such an awkward position." He sarcastically concluded his monologue, "An informed racist is a better racist."
