LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: 70th ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS -- Pictured: (l-r) Actors Tina Fey and Donald Glover attend the 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2018. NUP_184221 (Photo by Christopher Polk/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
<p><a href="https://dev.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 told him he was a &#8220;diversity hire&#8221; on <strong><em>30 Rock </em></strong>after he a job writing for the show back in 2006</p>
<p>The actor and rapper &#8211; also known as Childish Gambino &#8211; discussed 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>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Donald Glover Says Tina Fey Told Him He Was A &#8220;Diversity Hire&#8221; On <em>30 Rock</em></h3>
<p>But even after getting the writing job, which he got when he was still a resident assistant in Goddard and living in a New York City dorm, he says he always felt like an outsider.</p>
<blockquote><p>“It definitely didn’t feel like I was supposed to be there,” he told GQ. “I 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.”</p></blockquote>
<p>He later learned that he was actually only brought on as a diversity hire, a fact that series creator and actress Tina Fey confirmed to him, although he says he doesn&#8217;t harbor any animosity towards her.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">&#8220;No Animosity Between Us Or Anything Like That&#8221; Glover Says</h3>
<p>He went on to say that the job was up for both him and Kenya Barris, adding &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know it was between me and him until later.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>“There is no animosity between us or anything like that, but [Tina Fey] said it herself… It was a diversity thing,” he said. “The last two people who were fighting for the job were me and Kenya Barris. I didn’t know it was between me and him until later. He hit me one day and he was like, ‘I hated you for years!’”</p></blockquote>
<p>Glover has since gone on to much success and critical acclaim in his own right and even debuted his latest series, <strong><em>Swarm</em></strong>, last month.</p>
<p>The program, co-created by Glover and Atlanta writer Janine Nabers for Amazon Prime Video, also includes the acting debut of pop icon Billie Eilish.</p>
<p>Glover even created and realized an EP of music as a part of the horror series.</p>
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