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Lilly Singh Nails The Absurdity Of Being Late-Night's 'Female Host'

The newcomer learns the "rules" for being the perfect host, and she is not having it.
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As the first openly queer woman of color to host a late-night network show, Lilly Singh has had a lot of pioneering to do.

But the comedian perhaps didn’t know how hard it would be once she hit the air. In a fun sketch from Tuesday’s “A Little Late” on NBC, Singh learns the “rules” of appealing to viewers from a couple of executives.

It seems all she has to do is “always smile” because no one likes a woman with “resting bitch face” and “never turn 30 or older.”

Then there’s the matter of the “Female Ho” sign on her dressing-room door and on the list of guidelines waiting for her.

Check out the bit in the video above.

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