Taraji P. Henson has been tapped to host the April 11 episode of Saturday Night Live; SNL made the announcement on Twitter. Henson will be joined by musical guests Mumford & Sons.
https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/581097504177041411
This will be Henson’s first time hosting the show, and she expressed her excitement on Instagram:
"DREAMS DO COME TRUE!!!!!!!! #Believe #Faith #HardWorkPaysOff,” Henson posted.
Last month SNL parodied Empire, so it’ll be interesting to see if Henson’s character Cookie gets the SNL treatment again.