“Sa-currity,” “Ruu” and “I will cut you,” are all phrases that could be heard inside the Union Theater on Thursday night as former Mad TV star Anjelah Johnson made the audience double over in laughter during her performance.

An hour before the show started, the former NFL cheerleader rapped and beatboxed during her microphone check.

In an interview with The Daily Reveille, Johnson said she became a comedian by accident. She was involved in a church group in which one of the members taught a comedy class.

“It was weird, I didn’t really have an interest until she invited me; I hadn’t really thought about it before then,” she said in her purple LSU T-shirt and combat boots.

Johnson said she enjoys being a comedian because she likes relating to people.

“It feels good to know you have something in common with other people,” she said.

Her brother is the main inspiration for her famous alter ego, “Bon Qui Qui.”

“He has an attitude, he is ghetto fabulous and he says whatever he feels like saying and he doesn’t care who is listening,” she said in her Bon Qui Qui voice. “Bon Qui Qui will say something and it will catch on and people will say it and it is kind of like how my brother is too.”

Johnson said she is able to transcend racial barriers because nothing in her act is mean-spirited.

“Everything is my point of view, and it is accurate,” she said. “For example with the Vietnamese accent, it sounds so similar to the actual language that it is hard to be offended by it.”

Her big break in the business came from a YouTube video of her impersonating a nail salon employee on stage.

“It blew up my spot,” she said.

Toward the end of the show, Johnson announced King Burger fired “Bon Qui Qui,” but her character has just released three songs on iTunes.

Johnson proceeded to rap “I’m a cut you,” to a hysterical audience.

Spanish freshman Hayley Delira said she liked how Johnson used new jokes in the routine.

“I liked how it was all different,” Delira said. “I liked all the music.”

Director of Union Promotions Nikki Godfrey said the Union has an initiative with the Union Theater to bring in performances that appeal to students.

“Anjelah Johnson was a good choice because students wanted to see more comedians,” Godfrey said.  

Godfrey said some of the other performances include The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood and Swan Lake.