Julia Sweeney appeared on "The View" ahead of the "SNL" 50th Anniversary special and admitted that she "took it to heart" and "thought about it a lot" when her sketch comedy character Pat was met with ...

A lot of people say, "What's that?" It's Pat! A once-fan-favorite Saturday Night Live character, later criticized as problematic and hurtful, is getting reintroduced, this time as a nonbinary icon, ...

Julia Sweeney’s “Pat” was a frequent and popular sketch star during the 1990s era of Saturday Night Live, but in recent years the character of indeterminate gender has come under criticism as a ...

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.” The premise of ...

The film, which premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival and earned a special jury mention, will be released in June.

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 over ...