"Saturday Night Live" Spoofs "Empire" In Skit Featuring Chris Hemsworth (VIDEO)

SNL ADDS A WHITE CHARACTER TO THE HIT FOX SERIES

(AllHipHop News) Over the last 40 years, Saturday Night Live has lampooned big events, moments, and people in pop culture. The hit series Empire is one of the latest targets of SNL. The sketch comedy series presented a fake promo for the Fox drama featuring a new character in order to appeal to a white audience.

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In the skit, host Chris Hemsworth takes on the role of Chip, the new office manager at Empire Records. Chip finds himself in awkward situations as the only white guy at the company. Kenan Thompson plays Lucious, Sasheer Zamata plays Cookie, Jay Pharoah plays Jamal, Michael Che plays Hakeem, and Leslie Jones plays Porsha.

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Watch SNL‘s “Empire Promo” below.