Saturday Night Live has added another LGBTQ+ cast member.Punkie Johnson, a Black lesbian comedian and writer, has joined the legendary sketch comedy show that has aired on NBC since 1975.Johnson's past credits include Space Force, Corporate, Adam Ruins Everything, and Bill Burr Presents: The Ringers.
She performs regularly at Hollywood's famed Comedy Store and appeared at the Just for Laughs Festival in 2019.Johnson is open about her LGBTQ+ identity in her material.
At Just for Laughs, she performed a set about how role play saved her marriage; she has been in a relationship with a woman for over 17 years.
One of those role-play scenarios, she divulged, is a "heterosexual couple." "We like this game because it makes us feel like we're a.