Two history-making cast members announce 'Saturday Night Live' exits
Two “Saturday Night Live” cast members who made history when they were hired have announced their exits from the sketch comedy show.
Two “Saturday Night Live” cast members who made history when they were hired have announced their exits from the sketch comedy show.
Punkie Johnson, who joined “SNL” as a featured player in 2020, was the first out Black queer woman on the show’s cast. She joined other LGBTQ cast members Kate McKinnon and Bowen Yang. Danitra Vance, a Black lesbian who was a cast member on “SNL” in the mid-1980s, was not out publicly when she was on the show.
Molly Kearney was SNL’s first ever nonbinary cast member. They joined the sketch comedy show in 2022.
Johnson reportedly told an audience at a stand-up comedy show at Brooklyn’s Union Hall on Wednesday that she wouldn’t be returning to “SNL” after four seasons, according to TODAY.com.
In an Instagram video posted Thursday confirming her departure, Johnson mentioned that people reached out to her after she responded, “Oh, I ain’t coming back,” when an audience member asked her if she was looking forward to the show’s 50th season next year.
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