Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
The Grammy- and Emmy Awardwinning multi-hyphenate auditioned for the show (twice) but didnt make the cut.
Me being onSNLwouldve killed me, he said.
I got friends who made it onSNLand, at the time, I was like, damn.
But if I got onSNL,my career wouldnt have happened.
And look,SNLs pretty cool, but we might not trade that forAtlantaeither.
Glover did book a job as a writer on30 Rockwhile he was still an RA at NYU.
There is no animosity between us or anything like that, but [Tina Fey] said it herself …
It was a diversity thing, he recalled.
There was alittleanimosity from the man next in line for the job,Kenya Barris.
I didnt know it was between me and him until later, Glover added.
He hit me one day and he was like, I hated you for years!
Remember: If hed booked30 Rockthere might not have been aBlack-ish(or aGrown-ishor aMixed-ish).
Plus, hed already co-created the best show of the 2000s,Americas Next Top Model.
Success looks different for everyone.
