Here we have the fabulous Kate McKinnon, whom all sensible people adore, doing an outstanding interview with Julie Goldman. They discuss a number of amazing topics, but our favorite is the revelation that Gillian Anderson was the source of her lesbian awakening — and that her mother was completely understanding.
“I figured it out by watching the X-Files and noticing my physiological reaction to it,” Kate says. “I thought it was a product of David Duchovny’s face but it was Gillian Anderson who still is the queen of my heart. So I knew then. I told some of my friends, eventually I found my mother. She found me crying and said ‘what’s wrong?’ And I said ‘I think I’m gay’ … and she said ‘fine. Love it. Whatever you want to be.'”
She also addresses any doubts about whether or not she’s queer: “I think that it’s so apparent that I am [a lesbian] but apparently not. I dunno. I think that I comport myself in a kind of lezzo way. … I am a hundred percent lez. Have not seen a human penis.”
And then there is the detail of her first makeout with another lady, which sounds as fumbling and adorable as any we can think of: “We went up to a room. We made out for 8 hours. And I wore my retainer the entire time. Did not occur to me to take it out.” The woman in question, Kate reports, is no longer interested in making out with girls … possibly because of that retainer experience.
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PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
She a soft butch or femme tho??? It’s a whole other inscrutable homo universe
ErikO
She’s not that good of a comedian, impressionist, or actress.
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
@ErikO: For a Saturday Night Live cast member is is brilliant at all three. Of course that’s like saying someone is a good McDonalds employee, not really much competition.
ErikO
@IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou: She’s part of the major reason why SNL has sucked for decades now.
b2rocketfan
I think she’s hilarious and loved her in the movie!!! Good for her to be open and real.
stumaddux
LOVE that this is happening now. I’m a queer filmmaker premiering a web series in October on real people who are queer ghost hunters making contact with queer ghosts!!! C’mon Kate guest hunt with us! They are finding some amazing stuff. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/096f2aca4896aa4f9bbf7a3c28d34fb4b540928e8ccfa50af68c52d6399ae8df.jpg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuS0vnksn0HGyFMY-9ZJ8Qw