Live comedian Julia Sweeney opened up about her controversial sketch comedy character Pat in an interview with The View on Wednesday. Appearing alongside SNL alum Laraine Newman and Leslie Jones as past stars make media rounds ahead of the show’s 50th anniversary special set to premiere on Sunday (not Saturday?

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 mockery of trans and nonbinary people.

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 controversy from the LGBTQ community.