SNL Star Punkie Johnson Reveals Why She Suddenly Exited Show
Comedian Punkie Johnson revealed on Wednesday that she didn’t like she “fit” on Saturday Night Live, and her exit from the show was a “mutual thing.”
Johnson said that she started having thoughts like, “I don’t really know if I belong at this job” during an interview with former cast members David Spade and Dana Carvey on their Fly On The Wall podcast. “I feel like with me and SNL, I feel like it was more of a mutual thing,” she continued, “because I can tell you right now, by February—last season, I was like, ‘Nope, I’m done.’”
On August 1, Johnson took to Instagram to confirm the news of her exit in a video, after making the announcement at a comedy show the previous evening. She said there’s no “bad blood, it’s no bridges burnt, it’s no hard feelings,” at the time, and that she was “grateful for the experience,” but didn’t share then that she had wanted to go.