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WEIRD AND WONDERFUL

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Kate McKinnon

Willy, Kate McKinnon explains, is an exceptionally funny name for a pet iguana. “It’s a funny name, because iguanas do have two penises. I denied him that, he was Willy, singular,” she tells Big Issue. “We eventually sent him away to a reptile rescue organisation in Boca Raton, Florida, which is where people from New York retire to. So, it was fitting.”

In an office near London Bridge, the former star is listing her childhood pets. No fluffy dog for McKinnon, who doted on insects, lizards and fish – “everything you can imagine” –

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