{"id":103030,"date":"2025-08-28T23:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/103030\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:20:06","slug":"heidi-gardner-is-leaving-snl-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/103030\/","title":{"rendered":"Heidi Gardner Is Leaving \u2018SNL\u2019 Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe cast shakeup at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/saturday-night-live\/\" id=\"auto-tag_saturday-night-live_1\" data-tag=\"saturday-night-live\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday Night Live<\/a> is turning into an earthquake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe latest performer to exit the show is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/heidi-gardner\/\" id=\"auto-tag_heidi-gardner_1\" data-tag=\"heidi-gardner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heidi Gardner<\/a>, who will depart after eight seasons on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/snl\/\" id=\"auto-tag_snl_1\" data-tag=\"snl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SNL<\/a>. She joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/nbc-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nbc-2_1\" data-tag=\"nbc-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a> series in the 2017-18 as a featured player and moved up to the main cast two seasons later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGardner is the fourth SNL castmember to leave the show in the past three days, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/devon-walker-leaving-snl-3-seasons-1236353191\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devon Walker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/snl-cast-exit-emil-wakim-not-returning-season-51-1236354773\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emil Wakim<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/michael-longfellow-exits-saturday-night-live-nbc-1236355984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Longfellow<\/a> out the doors of 30 Rock. She had been the longest-tenured female member of the show\u2019s current cast, a designation that will now fall to Ego Nwodim.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNBC declined comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tExecutive producer Lorne Michaels <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/lorne-michaels-on-colbert-trump-the-future-of-snl\/\" target=\"_blank\">told Puck<\/a> in an interview last week that cast changes for the 51st season, which premieres Oct. 4, were likely. The four departures (so far) ahead of the season are the most since 2022, when eight people left the cast between the end of season 47 and the start of season 48. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGardner built up a number of recurring characters on SNL, including \u201cWeekend Update\u201d staple Angel, aka Every Boxer\u2019s Girlfriend in Every Boxing Movie; teenage movie critic Bailey Gismert; and newswoman Bobbi Moore \u2014\u00a0most notably in 2024\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=86qKgK0asGo\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBeavis and Butt-head\u201d sketch<\/a> that featured Gardner breaking at the sight of host Ryan Gosling and castmember Mikey Day made up as the two MTV characters. She also played Kim Kardashian, Jill Biden, Kristi Noem and Taylor Swift at various points in her eight seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOutside of SNL, Gardner\u2019s credits include a recurring part on Shrinking and guest roles on You, Superstore and Girls5Eva, as well as ad campaigns for Homes.com, Buffalo Wild Wings and Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/heidi-gardner-leaving-snl.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vulture<\/a> first reported Gardner\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cast shakeup at Saturday Night Live is turning into an earthquake. 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