Awkwafina thanks Lucy Liu in her SNL monologue for "opening the door" for Asian-American female hosts

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“Back in 2000, I came here to 30 Rock and waited outside when my idol Lucy Liu hosted SNL,” the rapper and Crazy Rich Asians star, the second-ever Asian female host, said in her monologue. “I was a kid and I didn’t have a ticket so I knew I wasn’t getting in. I just wanted to be near the building. I remember how important that episode was for me… It totally changed what I thought was possible or an Asian-American woman...Standing here tonight is a dream I never thought would come true...Thank you Lucy for opening the door. I wasn’t able to make it into the building back then, but, 18 years later I’m hosting the show!”