{"id":1996637,"date":"2025-09-04T11:40:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1996637"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:40:57","slug":"kate-mckinnon-explains-why-lesbians-love-these-two-male-celebs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kate-mckinnon-explains-why-lesbians-love-these-two-male-celebs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate McKinnon explains why lesbians love these two male celebs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kate McKinnon in The Roses. (Jaap Buitendijk, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

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Saturday Night Live<\/a> legend and lesbian icon Kate McKinnon <\/a>has explained why she thinks there is a sapphic interest in Andy Samberg and Benedict Cumberbatch, both of whom she stars alongside in her new movie.<\/p>\n

In The Roses, Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman play the titular married couple, Theo and Ivy Rose. A seemingly happily married couple, cracks soon emerge in the relationship, which end up exploding into all-out hostility.<\/p>\n

Trapped in the middle are their family and friends, including McKinnon\u2019s character<\/a>, Amy, and her husband, Barry played by fellow SNL alum Andy Samberg. And as well as being married to Barry, Amy is sexually attracted to Theo.<\/p>\n

\"\"Andy Samberg and Benedict Cumberbatch in Kate McKinnon\u2019s new movie, The Roses. (Jaap Buitendijk, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures)<\/p>\n

In an interview to promote the film with MTV UK, McKinnon was asked for her thoughts on the sapphic appeal Samberg and Cumberbatch have. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, they\u2019re good guys,\u201d she begins. \u201cThey\u2019re beefcakes, they\u2019re handsome, I love a handsome guy as much as the next les[bian].\u201d McKinnon was \u201cso excited\u201d to join what she called \u201cthe great tradition of les[bian] comedians being sexually aggressive with straight men.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She continued, \u201cA trope pioneered, or maybe not be pioneered by but exploded by Jane Lynch <\/a>in the work of Judd Apatow.\u201d Examples of Lynch\u2019s work where this trope is on show include The 40-Year-Old-Virgin, Glee, and Role Models. McKinnon then finished, \u201cI\u2019ve studied the canon and [I\u2019m] proud to join.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Roses also stars Alison Janney, Ncuti Gatwa, Hala Finley, Wells Rappaport, Sunita Mani, Zo\u00eb Chao, Jamie Demetriou, Belinda Bromilow, and Akie Kotabe.<\/p>\n

The Roses is in cinemas now. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n