In the past, Johnson has been a magician's assistant, an exotic dancer, a Wiccan and a Steely Dan groupie. In one episode she had mentioned that she was a high school drop-out. She has a troubled relationship with her mother because they sometimes fought over men. In one episode her mother is shown to be working as a prostitute. Johnson is an admitted drunk driver and a pothead. She is typically lenient with drunks and drug users.