Daniel Kaluuya did his Saturday Night Live debut presenter tonight, and his funny monologue spiked a serious subject, scoffed at a Golden Globes failure and served as thanks to a longtime NBC cast member.
The London-born actor started by saying, “First of all, I know you are listening to my accent and thinking, ‘Oh, no, he is not black – he is British’. After stating that he really is both, he said, “Basically, I am what the royal family feared the baby would be.”
Kaluuya continued with the topic, saying that people ask him what is worse – British racism or American racism. “Let me put it this way,” he said. “British racism is so bad that whites have left. They wanted to be free – free to create their own to have kind of racism. That’s why they created Australia, South Africa and Boston. “
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He then talked about his supporting role nominated for an Oscar as Fred Hampton, president of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in Judas and the Black Messiah, and a clip was played from his expanded acceptance speech.
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“I was speechless – can you believe that? I told the best joke of my life, and I was mute. I felt like I was in a sunken place, ”a reference to his other Oscar-nominated role in 2017 Get out.
Becoming semi-serious, Kaluuya said he was grateful to host and name a certain series from the 1990s on Nickelodeon.
“When I was 9,” he said, “I wrote a play that was performed at the Hampshire Theater with real actors and everything. This is a true story – that piece was based on Kenan & Kel. And that play took me on a path that took me to this stage tonight with Kenan [Thompson] backstage now. And I just want to take this moment to stand in front of Kenan and the whole world to say: Thank you, mom. Thank my god. And thanks Kel. “
Ah, here it goes.
You can watch the Kaluuya monologue above.