Taraji P. Henson has been tapped to host the April 11 episode of Saturday Night Live; SNL made the announcement on Twitter. Henson will be joined by musical guests Mumford & Sons.
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And get ready #CookieMonsters, @TherealTaraji is hosting April 11 with musical guest @MumfordAndSons! 🍪🙌 pic.twitter.com/VjI2v6pY8V
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) March 26, 2015
This will be Henson’s first time hosting the show, and she expressed her excitement on Instagram:
“DREAMS DO COME TRUE!!!!!!!! #Believe #Faith #HardWorkPaysOff,” Henson posted.
Last month SNL parodied Empire, so it’ll be interesting to see if Henson’s character Cookie gets the SNL treatment again.
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