“Saturday Night Live” is saying goodbye to a longtime cast member.

Heidi Gardner , who joined the show for season 43 in 2017, will not return for season 51, NJ.com can confirm.

Gardner, 42, was a fixture on the show, appearing in more season 50 sketches than any other cast member, according to Variety .

Some fans guessed that Gardner might be gearing up to leave “SNL” based on comments she made during an interview with Craig Ferguson earlier this year.

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“I will say, the only thing that I’ve started to feel a little bit is just sketch fatigue, or idea fatigue,” she said. “It does happen some weeks where I’m like ‘I do not have an idea for a sketch, a game, or a character.’ … That’s the only thing that has gotten a little

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