'Saturday Night Live' got into the Angel Reese controversy over the weekend as Punkie Johnson made a few jokes to poke fun at all the drama.
LSU's Angel Reese celebrates after an NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals basketball game against Virginia Tech Friday, March 31, 2023, in Dallas.Comedian Punkie Johnson played the role of Reese during her segment with Michael Che on"Weekend Update." Johnson slid into the frame pointing to her finger and doing the"You Can’t See Me" taunt as Reese did in the closing seconds of the game.
"Yeah, I got people big mad. First, they was mad because I was taunting, but all I did was this [performs the taunt]. You would have thought I pulled my nipple out and flicked it on national TV. Then they were mad because I didn’t want to go to the White House, but Che, they invited Iowa, too.""In the history of sports, when you lose, you take you’re a-- home. But then White girls lose, and suddenly it’s All Teams Matter," Johnson added.
Reese is about to enter her fourth year in college. On3 Sports says Reese has an NIL valuation of $867,000.
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