{"id":92022,"date":"2023-04-06T09:30:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T09:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/06\/donald-glover-claims-tina-fey-told-him-he-was-a-diversity-hire\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T09:30:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T09:30:23","slug":"donald-glover-claims-tina-fey-told-him-he-was-a-diversity-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/06\/donald-glover-claims-tina-fey-told-him-he-was-a-diversity-hire\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Glover Claims Tina Fey Told Him He Was A &#8220;Diversity Hire&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/donald-glover-tina-fey-diversity-hire-on-30-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Glover<\/strong><\/a> revealed that <strong>Tina Fey<\/strong> had instructed him he was a \u201cdiversity hire\u201d on <strong><em>30 Rock\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>after he a job writing for the present again in 2006<\/p>\n<p>The actor and rapper \u2013 often known as Childish Gambino \u2013 mentioned the incident in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/donald-glover-global-creativity-awards-cover-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>GQ<\/em><\/strong><\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Donald Glover Says Tina Fey Told Him He Was A \u201cDiversity Hire\u201d On <em>30 Rock<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>But even after getting the writing job, which he bought when he was nonetheless a resident assistant in Goddard and dwelling in a New York City dorm, he says he at all times felt like an outsider.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely didn\u2019t feel like I was supposed to be there,\u201d he instructed GQ. \u201cI used to have stress dreams every night where I was doing cartwheels on the top of a New York skyscraper with the other writers watching me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He later realized that he was truly solely introduced on as a variety rent, a indisputable fact that collection creator and actress Tina Fey confirmed to him, though he says he doesn\u2019t harbor any animosity in the direction of her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Introducing GQ\u2019s second Global Creativity Awards cowl star, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donaldglover?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DonaldGlover<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M4OXLye0cq\">https:\/\/t.co\/M4OXLye0cq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GQCreativityAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#GQCreativityAwards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M3HATZ6k4C\">pic.twitter.com\/M3HATZ6k4C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GQMagazine\/status\/1643221936770613248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/donald-glovert-chevy-chase-called-him-n-word-on-set-of-community\/?_gl=1*wwzq49*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjA4ODQ4MzkxNy4xNjgwNzE0MTAy*_ga_V2HX8YP3XL*MTY4MDcxNjg5Ni4yLjAuMTY4MDcxNjg5Ni4wLjAuMA..\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Glover Suggests That Chevy Chase Called Him N-Word On Set Of \u2018Community\u2019<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cNo Animosity Between Us Or Anything Like That\u201d Glover Says<\/h3>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.68.1 --><\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that the job was up for each him and Kenya Barris, including \u201cI didn\u2019t know it was between me and him until later.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere is no animosity between us or anything like that, but [Tina Fey] said it herself\u2026 It was a diversity thing,\u201d he stated. \u201cThe last two people who were fighting for the job were me and Kenya Barris. I didn\u2019t know it was between me and him until later. He hit me one day and he was like, \u2018I hated you for years!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Glover has since gone on to a lot success and significant acclaim in his personal proper and even debuted his newest collection, <strong><em>Swarm<\/em><\/strong>, final month.<\/p>\n<p>The program, co-created by Glover and Atlanta author Janine Nabers for Amazon Prime Video, additionally contains the appearing debut of pop icon Billie Eilish.<\/p>\n<p>Glover even created and realized an EP of music as part of the horror collection.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><br \/>\n                                <!--  -->\n                            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Donald Glover revealed that Tina Fey had instructed him he was a \u201cdiversity hire\u201d on 30 Rock\u00a0after he a job writing for the present again in 2006 The actor and rapper \u2013 often known as Childish Gambino \u2013 mentioned the incident in an interview with GQ on Tuesday. 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