Former ‘SNL’ star Punkie Johnson explains abrupt exit: ‘That show is for a different type of person’
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nypost.comfirst openly queer black woman, is opening up about why she left. While talking to fellow “SNL” alums David Spade and Dana Carvey on their “Fly on the Wall” podcast, Johnson addressed her decision to leave the show ahead of its landmark 50th season.“I talked to my team.
I was like, ‘Look, I don’t really know if I belong at this job, so maybe I should step away,’” Johnson told Spade and Carvey.
She added, “But I told them super, super late, like right after I found out I got to go back. And it was like ‘Well Punkie, you need a plan.
You can’t just quit your job.’”Johnson was on “SNL” for four seasons, joining the show in 2020 and exiting in 2024, after Season 49.“It wasn’t even a dream because I never thought that I would get there.
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