In addition, Eminem also the guest performer (you can check that out here). Spotted on Mashable:
Embroiled in a season-long controversy over the lack of diversity on Saturday Night Live’s cast, SNL producers opened the Nov. 2 episode with host Kerry Washington playing first lady Michelle Obama and media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
The cold open mocks the fact SNL has no black female cast members.
Washington, who stars as Olivia Pope in ABC’s political thriller Scandal, had to make a quick outfit and hairdo change in order to play Obama and Winfrey in the skit. Then, she ran offscreen to assume the role of pop star Beyonce.
The diversity issue resurfaced at the start of the season when the show introduced six new cast members, all of whom are white. The conversation intensified when SNL’s Kenan Thompson said the lack of diversity stems, in part, from the shortage of black female comedians who are “ready” to enter the show’s lineup. During the same week as his comments, SNL announced Washington would host the Nov. 2 episode.
