{"id":52792,"date":"2024-08-01T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=52792"},"modified":"2024-09-01T16:01:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T20:01:40","slug":"punkie-jonson-leaving-saturday-night-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2024\/08\/01\/punkie-jonson-leaving-saturday-night-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Punkie Johnson Leaving SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cast member Punkie Johnson is leaving Saturday Night Live<\/em> ahead of its 50th season.<\/p>\n

Johnson made the announcement officially in an Instagram post earlier today, following telling an audience at a live show in Brooklyn last evening. In the video she states that there is no bad blood involved in her leaving the late night sketch series. “SNL<\/em> was a dream that I didn\u2019t even know I could achieve,” she stated. “I was a part of one of the most elite institutions in comedy, and I am so grateful for it.”<\/p>\n

The initial announcement came during her “Punkie Johnson And Friends” show at Union Hall in Brooklyn, New York during a question and answer period at the end and quickly spread across social media overnight.<\/p>\n

Johnson joined Saturday Night Live<\/em> at the start of its 46th season in the fall of 2020 as a featured player and graduated to the main cast for the show’s 48th season in 2022.<\/p>\n

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