Heidi Gardner is the latest cast member of Saturday Night Live to leave the show. On Thursday, Variety and several outlets confirmed that the comedian will be leaving the NBC show after eight years, joining a list of three other castmates who are not returning for Season 51.

Gardner has yet to address her departure from the show. She joined SNL as a featured player for Season 43 and was promoted to become part of the main cast in 2019. The comedian seemed to allude to her departure on a podcast with Craig Ferguson.

“I will say the only thing that I’ve started to feel a little bit is just sketch fatigue, or idea fatigue,” she said on Joy . “At this point, after doing Groundlings and SNL for so long, I’m like, ‘I’ve written a lot of sketches.’”

The comedian particip

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