Saturday Night Live star Punky Johnson won't be returning to Studio 8 and she's opening up about her exit the comedian appeared on Dana Carvey and David Spades fly on the wall podcast Wednesday after announcing earlier this month that she's leaving the cast of SNL Johnson shared that she didn't really feel like I fit on the show as someone with more of a background in stand-up than sketch comedy I came from standup so I just thought everybody else came from standup she said I started having conversations with people and everybody was like oh yeah we went to school for this I'm like y'all went to school for this to be here the bottoms star continued that SNL is a hard job and revealed she questioned whether to leave last season because she felt she didn't belong but she ultimately came back and had a tremendous first half of the season but Johnson said things went downhill and she spiraled after Ben Silva a writer she clicked well with left the show still she added that she has already received numerous opportunities since announcing her exit it's going to be very different but I'm excited she said I'm super excited I'm working on a movie that SNL Creator Lauren Michaels is also helping me do I'm putting together my special that Lauren's also helping me do so my relationship with the show is still strong mutually we just understood that it wasn't my zone Johnson joined SNL as a featured player in 2020 and was promoted to the main cast in 2022 she confirmed she would not be returning earlier this month ahead of the show's Landmark 50th season it's no bad blood it's no Bridges burned it's no hard feelings she said in an in Instagram video Molly Carney who joined SNL as a featured player in 2022 and became the show's First non-binary cast member also confirmed they will not be returning in the fall y'all that's a wrap on my time on SNL Carney said on Instagram reflecting on the amazing two seasons I got on this show it was such a dream come true so incredibly grateful for this period in my life so much love to all my big-hearted buddies behind the scenes who make the magic happen every week so many bald caps so little time May rude is expected to repre her role as vice president kamla Harris on SNL in the fall leading up to the presidential election though Steve Martin has taken himself out of consideration to play Minnesota Governor Tim Walls after many fans suggested him for the role