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Donald Glover Claims Tina Fey Told Him He Was A “Diversity Hire” On 30 Rock

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;donald-glover-tina-fey-diversity-hire-on-30-rock&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Donald Glover<&sol;strong><&sol;a> revealed that <strong>Tina Fey<&sol;strong> had told him he was a &&num;8220&semi;diversity hire&&num;8221&semi; on <strong><em>30 Rock <&sol;em><&sol;strong>after he a job writing for the show back in 2006<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The actor and rapper &&num;8211&semi; also known as Childish Gambino &&num;8211&semi; discussed the incident in an interview with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gq&period;com&sol;story&sol;donald-glover-global-creativity-awards-cover-2023" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong><em>GQ<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;a> on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Donald Glover Says Tina Fey Told Him He Was A &&num;8220&semi;Diversity Hire&&num;8221&semi; On <em>30 Rock<&sol;em><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>But even after getting the writing job&comma; which he got when he was still a resident assistant in Goddard and living in a New York City dorm&comma; he says he always felt like an outsider&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It definitely didn’t feel like I was supposed to be there&comma;” he told GQ&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;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&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He later learned that he was actually only brought on as a diversity hire&comma; a fact that series creator and actress Tina Fey confirmed to him&comma; although he says he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t harbor any animosity towards her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1643221936770613248" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;donald-glovert-chevy-chase-called-him-n-word-on-set-of-community&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;wwzq49&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MjA4ODQ4MzkxNy4xNjgwNzE0MTAy&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MDcxNjg5Ni4yLjAuMTY4MDcxNjg5Ni4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Donald Glover Suggests That Chevy Chase Called Him N-Word On Set Of &OpenCurlyQuote;Community’<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;No Animosity Between Us Or Anything Like That&&num;8221&semi; Glover Says<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>He went on to say that the job was up for both him and Kenya Barris&comma; adding &&num;8220&semi;I didn&&num;8217&semi;t know it was between me and him until later&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is no animosity between us or anything like that&comma; but &lbrack;Tina Fey&rsqb; said it herself… It was a diversity thing&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The last two people who were fighting for the job were me and Kenya Barris&period; I didn’t know it was between me and him until later&period; He hit me one day and he was like&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;I hated you for years&excl;’”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Glover has since gone on to much success and critical acclaim in his own right and even debuted his latest series&comma; <strong><em>Swarm<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&comma; last month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The program&comma; 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