By all accounts, Quinta crushed it as she reflected on her own come-up. “I wanted to be on SNL back in the day, but the audition process seemed long — so instead, I just created my own TV show, made sure it became really popular, won a bunch of Emmys, and then got asked to host,” she joked.
She then talked a little about Abbott Elementary, saying that it’s “a network sitcom like, say, Friends.”
“Except, instead of being about a group of friends, it’s about a group of teachers. Instead of New York, it’s in Philadelphia — and instead of not having Black people, it does.”
Quinta also talked about how her own mother, who was a teacher, inspired her to create Abbott Elementary — and she very necessarily advocated for better pay for teachers, and more respect for them, too.
“Please, remember how important teachers are. Acknowledge the work they do every day and for the love of God, pay them the money they deserve.”
Watch the whole monologue here.