Quinta Brunson Monologue - SNL

First-time host Quinta Brunson talks about working on Abbott Elementary and how poorly teachers are treated in the United States.

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[nicholasgarrick]

From Buzzfeed to SNL I'm so proud of how far Quinta has come she deserves all the recognition she is getting🎉🎉❤.

[yswolinsky]

I love how she made her monologue about appreciating teachers. She didn't try to end it on a big punchline but a message that everyone agrees with "Pay teachers more"

[Matt-Thomas]

Quinta is deadass one the most inspirational hosts SNL has had this year. Feels like a genuine success story of a normal person putting in the work and finally getting the recognition she earned. <3

[allysonfrost]

Wow! That was so gratifying to this retired 30-year public educator. Thank you, Quinta! And from the SNL stage, no less. I’ve watched, from inception, both SNL and Abbott Elementary.

[mizztree]

I’m not even a teacher and the end of her monologue brought tears to my eyes. Teachers are so under-appreciated smh. God bless them all!

[thesmileyeffect]

From Instagram videos to Buzzfeed to Black Lady Sketch Show to Abbott Elementary to here! So proud of you Quinta! SHE GOT MONEY!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[FirehorseCreative]

*WOW! Has any host ever included an ASK for fair teacher pay within the monologue in the history of SNL? I'm in LOVE!!! Way to be QUINTA!!! BARACK To The FUTURE!!!*

[Jayme.Hope.Music]

I'm so proud of her. She deserves every bit of her success.

[aundreanaphiffer]

She has come so far since buzzfeed I’m so proud of her ❤❤❤🎉🎉

[keawarren]

Quinta’s expression when President Obama was praising her Mom. 😢 Just when I thought I couldn’t love her more!

[positivelyemerald]

Thank you for speaking for us overworked and underpaid teachers. You are amazing. Your mom did a good job with you ❤

[codyhiginbotham]

Abbott Elementary is basically The Office in a school
(And that’s why I love it)

[BreckGirl]

I can't believe I watched Quinta on Buzzfeed years ago and here she is hosting SNL!

[nataliechavez]

I’m a teacher and she made me feel so special!!! ❤ I love Quinta and her show Abbott Elementary!!!

[raedaw]

I resigned from my 7 year teaching career this past December. This was a career that had such an intense heaviness and toll that I had to think of my physical and mental well-being and knew that it was time to let it go. I appreciate her appreciation, thank you for seeing what I hoped I was for my kids, a good teacher.

[awwills]

3rd grade teacher reporting for accolades! ...seriously, this will keep me going all winter. I've loved Quinta since Black Lady Sketch Show (watch it) & I didn't think I could love her more, but here we are <3

[shahartley]

Quinta has come a long way since her days at BuzzFeed. Good for her.

[MegaEvelyn]

Look at our girl from BuzzFeed doing it big congratulations Quinta, you deserve everything you're getting and even more success sis!!!!

[xhabiibx]

I haven’t watched a monologue before. I think maybe once. But I knew I couldn’t skip Quinta’s. I just knew it was gonna worthwhile. And now I’m crying. For so many reasons. I’ve been talking my niblings (nephews and nieces) through some of the issues and questions with school and their changing bodies and identities and how other kids use that to hurt them and I wish all our schools had teachers like Abbott. Every teacher there cares so much and has a great relationship with their kids. We need teachers to be as well respected as healthcare workers, PAID, and always appreciated. When I was in high school in the 90’s, my guidance counselor found out I was identifying as bisexual so she called me to her office and gave me ten tickets to the Seattle Gay Men’s choir. She did a lot to make sure I was getting along okay. She was the only adult I talked to about it and she made it so much more okay for me. Years later, I ran into her at a funeral for a fellow classmate and I made sure to tell her how much her being my guidance counselor helped me.

[CampbellYA]

It’s like watching my bestie succeed at her dream and finally getting the recognition she deserves. Go Quinta!!!!