Former Saturday Night Live (SNL) stars Punkie Johnson and Chloe Troast recently shared their experiences of being fired from the show. They attended the farewell party with the cast at the Riff Raff Club in New York City. In a recent interview, the duo discussed their lives after leaving the series.
Here is everything you need to know about the latest interview with the former cast of the longest-running reality show.
Punkie Johnson and Chloe Troast talk about life after getting fired from SNL
Punkie Johnson and Chloe Troast opened up about their lives after being fired from SNL.
In an interview with PEOPLE, Troast shared how the show “fundamentally changed” her life. However, she found it “really hard” adjusting following her time on the comedy series. The 28-year-old stated, “You don’t get a cushion when you fall,”. Moreover, she expressed gratitude towards her family and friends for their support.
She continued, “Even before the show, they were the ones that were a guiding light, and so then that’s what I looked to after. And I feel like without that, I don’t know where I would be one year out, to be honest,”. On the other hand, Johnson claimed that SNL “mad put the pressure on you.” The 40-year-old noted, “you can’t leave SNL and then go do the same things you was doing before.”
She continued, “It just put the pressure on you because everybody always like, ‘Yo, what’s next? What’s next?” The comedian exclaimed, “So you feel like you have to go do the next big thing.” Johnson added she needed “to understand the difference between, all right, cool, you did something really great. And now it’s okay for you to just go through the motions and just no rush and figure out what’s next for you. It’s okay for you to figure that out.”
She described the show as “a different monster, a different beast,” but found the experience worth it. Johnson concluded, “I feel like I could go out in Hollywood and handle anything because I handled every piece of adversity that went on in that building. I don’t think nothing could really break me no more because they honestly really built me up and made me strong mentally.”
Originally reported by Ritika Singh on ComingSoon.net.
