Overview

• McKinnon told People she was diagnosed with geographic tongue and joked that it looks like an atlas.
• She said she photographed her tongue and sent the image to an actor friend who shares the condition.
• Medical sources cited in the coverage explain the condition is benign, with map-like patches where papillae are absent.
• The disclosure came in People’s One Last Thing feature published Sept. 6, prompted by a question about her last phone photo.
• McKinnon is promoting Secrets of the Purple Pearl, out Sept. 30, while also appearing in The Roses, released Aug. 29.