Saturday Night Live comedian Julia Sweeney opened up about her controversial sketch comedy character Pat in an interview with The View on Wednesday. Appearing alongside SNL alum Laraine Newman and ...

Julia Sweeney's most memorable character is still her most controversial after 30 years. Pat Riley, named after the legendary NBA coach and executive, is androgynous by design, and the confusion ...

Julia Sweeney has addressed some of the backlash she’s faced for her character on Saturday Night Live (SNL), Pat. The 65-year-old actor reflected on playing Pat from 1990 to 1994 during ...

Julia Sweeney’s recurring “Saturday Night Live” character Pat is still making headlines three decades later. Sweeney debuted the androgynous Pat during a December 1990 episode of “SNL.” ...

it was the idea of some folks at 20th Century Fox to make an It’s Pat movie, and they got SNL alumni Julia Sweeney onboard before Michaels could gracefully say no. Supposedly. Whatever the case ...

Forte rode the character all the way to a movie and a TV series. 21. It's Pat: Who were they? In a different, less culturally sensitive era, Julia Sweeney's Pat mined gender confusion for comedy ...

Julia Sweeney’s ambiguously-gendered character Pat — who has since been dubbed insensitive by various members of the queer and/or trans communities — was skipped over, as were hosting stints ...

The latest anniversary special recycled some aspects of past tribute shows, with little controversy, a lot of celebrity, and a sweet, knowing sentimentality ...

For Variety staffers, some of the answers included a teacher-turned-drug kingpin, spies working both for and against the U.S. government — and perhaps the defining comedy character of this long ...

Shakespeare’s plays have the rare ability to draw together comedy, romance and tragedy: the essential ingredients for a ...