Great news Precious fans … E! News‘s Marc Malkin is reporting that Academy Award-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe has been tapped to host an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live. Altho there are already a few weekends booked with hosts (not the least of which is <strong>Betty White on May 8), Malkin reports that Gabby has just signed on to host an SNL of her own!

Gabourey Sidibe is doing just fine, thank you very much! … Ms. Sidibe is going to be hosting an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live! “It literally just happened,” my source said of the deal. No word on an exact date yet. Jennifer Lopez hosts this Saturday, followed by Tina Fey and Ryan Phillippe. And as most of us already know, Betty White gets the honors on May 8. SNL is not—we repeat, not—the only gig Sidibe has scored since her feature film debut. She has a recurring role on Showtime’s upcoming The Big C, about a teacher (Laura Linney) living with cancer. Sidibe plays one of her sassy students. The series, which is set to premiere in August, also costars Oliver Platt. Sidibe also made a hilarious post-Oscar appearance on E!’s very own show The Soup.

Love this!! It will be utterly fantastic to see Gabby in a funny way rather than a serious way. She did such a great job in Precious, I’m dying to see her showing off her comedic chops. I have a feeling she will be an amazing host on SNL (let’s just hope the writers give her some good material to work with). I’m exited for this ep … are you?

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