Lena Waithe Will Guest Star In ‘This Is Us’
Lena Waithe will be on next week’s episode of This is Us, crossing path with Kate as she decides to adopt a pet.
Lena plays an animal shelter worker who advises Kate (Chrissy Metz). “They’re a very fun duo together,” says executive producer Isaac Aptaker. “She’s a super cool East Side L.A. woman who loves dogs and cats — and finding them homes.”
“[Lena] friendly with one of our writers, Kay Oyegun,” says Isaac. “We wrote the part and she said, ‘Oh, I think we should give it to Lena,’ and we were like, ‘Oh yeah, of course we should give this to Lena. Because that would make this the coolest story ever.’ Luckily she was able to do it.”
We can’t wait!