Heidi Gardner is exiting Saturday Night Live.

Gardner joined in Season 43 when she joined as a featured player and was promoted to the main cast in 2019.

She becomes the most high-profile exit ahead of Season 50. It follows the departures of the likes of Devon Walker, Emil Wakim and Michael Longfellow.

Gardner’s depature comes after she signposted such a move earlier this year. She admitted that things have gotten a “little tough”. Speaking to comedian Craig Ferguson, who used to host The Late Late Show , on his podcast Joy, she said, “I will say the only thing that I’ve started to feel a little bit is just sketch fatigue, or idea fatigue,” she admitted. “At this point, after doing Groundlings and SNL for so long, I’m like, ‘I’ve written a lot of sketches.’”

The Shrinking

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