--- title: Taraji P Henson SNL Promos: Watch the 'Empire' Star description: The 'Empire' star hosts this weekend with musical guests Mumford & Sons canonical: https://time.com/3811743/taraji-p-henson-snl/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-08T13:47:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:12:21.008Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Taraji P. Henson Lay the Cookie Smackdown in Her 'SNL' Promos og:description: The 'Empire' star hosts this weekend with musical guests Mumford & Sons og:url: https://time.com/3811743/taraji-p-henson-snl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Taraji P. Henson Lay the Cookie Smackdown in Her 'SNL' Promos twitter:description: The 'Empire' star hosts this weekend with musical guests Mumford & Sons twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Taraji P. Henson Lay the Cookie Smackdown in Her _SNL_ Promos  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Apr 8, 2015 1:47 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Apr 8, 2015 1:47 PM CUT Taraji P. Henson knows how to give the people what they want. Even though _Empire_‘s season finale aired last month, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actress is hosting _Saturday Night Live_ this weekend—which means viewers are getting plenty more of her shade-throwing character, Cookie. See Henson slaps some sense into Taran Killam and teach him how to put some [“booboo kitties”](http://time.com/3685593/empire-cookie-taraji-p-henson/ "undefined") in their place in the episode’s promos, above, and catch Henson and musical guests Mumford & Sons this Saturday. _Read next:_ [_Here’s the Real Reason Why Taraji P. Henson Almost Turned Down Empire_](http://time.com/3685593/empire-cookie-taraji-p-henson/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3811743/taraji-p-henson-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3811743/taraji-p-henson-snl/"},"headline":"Watch Taraji P. Henson Lay the Cookie Smackdown in Her SNL Promos","datePublished":"2015-04-08T13:47:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:12:21.008Z","description":"The Empire star hosts this weekend with musical guests Mumford & Sons","url":"https://time.com/3811743/taraji-p-henson-snl/","keywords":["Television","Saturday Night Live","Taraji P. Henson","empire"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3811743/taraji-p-henson-snl/","name":"Watch Taraji P. Henson Lay the Cookie Smackdown in Her SNL Promos"}}]}] ```