Former The View host Sherri Shepherd said Saturday Night Live has an “emergency” on its hands following the exit of longtime cast member Ego Nwodim.

Nwodim “was their only Black female cast member,” the host pointed out on Monday’s Sherri, “So, now there are no Black women on SNL. So, what I say to SNL, y’all got to hurry up and you got to find somebody.”

Nwodim left the show just before its season 51, after seven seasons. The fan-favorite cast member’s departure was not part of show boss Lorne Michaels’ promised cast shakeup after the 50th season, as Nwodim had been announced as a returning player before she announced that she’d made the choice not to return.

Shepherd said something important is “missing” without Nwodim.

“This is a ‘break glass in case of emergency.’ It is an emerge

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