John Waters Joins ‘Recurring Cast’ of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU, Learns on PBS that an Ancestor was a Slaveowner

1/21/21

By Ed Gunts, Baltimore Fishbowl

John Waters

John Waters is now part of the “recurring cast” of NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing Floyd Cougat the “Pornmonger Man.”

Over on PBS, meanwhile, he learned this week from Henry Louis Gates Jr. on “Finding Your Roots” that one of his ancestors owned slaves, while another went to The Klondike in hopes of striking gold.

Waters, 74, made appearances on both hour-long shows this week, giving fans a chance to see him act on the crime drama and learn about his background from a Harvard professor on the PBS show ‘Finding Your Roots.’

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