Julia Sweeney Responds to Jill Soloway’s ‘It’s Pat’ Transgender Criticism

“I never have thought of Pat as being transgender,” actress says of her former “Saturday Night Live” character

There’s nothing ambiguous about “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway’s criticism of the former “Saturday Night Live” skit “It’s Pat,” and now the actress who played the murky-gendered character has responded to Soloway’s criticism.

During the Television Critics Association press tour in August, Soloway tore into the skit — which hinged its jokes on people’s uncertainty over Pat’s gender — as “an awful piece of anti-trans propaganda.”

Speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times in an interview published Wednesday, Julia Sweeney said that she understood Soloway’s point — though the “SNL” alum added that she didn’t regard her character as transgender.

“I probably don’t disagree with [Soloway] actually,” Sweeney said.

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