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Tyler James Williams, star of Abbott Elementary, knows exactly who he'd want as a guest star on the show: Solange Knowles.
In an interview with PEOPLE, he expressed his desire to have Solange be added to his on-screen family tree. “I would love to see Solange [Knowles] as a cousin. I feel like we look alike,” Williams told the publication. “It's like us and then my dad is Orlando [Jones]. Yeah, I think Solange would be great. Just add a family member.”
(L) Tyler James Williams / Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; (R) Solange Knowles / Photo by Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images for ABA
Tyler James Williams, a three-time Emmy nominee, considers his role as Gregory Eddie, a first-grade teacher on Abbott Elementary, to be the most important of his career.
His portrayal of Eddie aims to represent Black male educators and Black men in general as positive and emotionally complex individuals who can also experience love — particularly through his character's developing romance with Janine Teagues on the show.
“The overall goal for me here is to show not only Black male educators in a certain light, but then also Black men in a certain light that are allowed to be emotional and have full emotional spectrums, and then also be in love,” he says. “It’s one of the most important things I've ever done in my career is showing this, especially with the platform that we have.”
With season 4 of the hit sitcom in the works, Quinta Brunson, the show’s creator, has teased a crossover episode that’s said to, “change television as we know it.”
While details of the sure-to-be epic episode are still under wraps, what Williams can share is hope for the relationship between his character, Gregory, and Janine, played by Quinta Brunson to find the “love” they “deserve” come season 4.
"I would love to see them in love," he says. "I think they deserve that at this point. I would love to see them just in it. Now we have to have the conflicts... but it would be nice to see them just head over heels for each other."
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