Saturday Night Live held secret auditions last week for African American female cast members in New York and Los Angeles.
Jasmine Brand broke the news on her blog, where she posted an interview with Webb after the showcase.
A media hype began when cast member Jay Pharoah made a statement about how disappointed he felt with not one black female cast member as a part of SNL.
“They need to pay attention,” Jay Pharoah told website theGrio in late September. Pharoah even suggested Darmirra Brunson. “Her name is Darmirra Brunson …Why do I think she should be on the show? Because she’s black first of all, and she’s really talented. She’s amazing. She needs to be on ‘SNL.’ I said it. And I believe they need to follow up with it like they said they were going to do last year.”
SNL hopes to have the new female cast member starting in January 2014.
