{"id":548498,"date":"2026-07-19T04:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/548498\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T04:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:05:16","slug":"chloe-fineman-snl-star-leaving-after-7-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/548498\/","title":{"rendered":"Chloe Fineman: SNL star leaving after 7 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">One of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u2019s\u201d major stars is moving on after seven seasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Chloe Fineman announced on Instagram Thursday that she will be leaving SNL as the long-running variety show prepares for its 52nd season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to leave SNL but it does feel like the right time. I\u2019m going to miss it a lot,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da3Sg5HEQk6\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da3Sg5HEQk6\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\">she wrote in a post announcing her departure.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBut the people who work there are my family and that place is my home, and I know I\u2019ll never be too far away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fineman is the first cast member to leave after season 51\u2019s finale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 37-year-old joined the show in 2019 and became a full-time cast member in 2021. She was best known for her impressions of first lady Melania Trump, actors Timothee Chalamet and Drew Barrymore, as well as Australian Olympic breaker Raygun. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The actor said she left on her own accord, calling her time at the show the greatest privilege of her life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI still can\u2019t really believe I got to be a part of it. I fell in love with the place the second I walked through the door,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cEvery day I was lucky enough to be surrounded by the best people in the business, and I was constantly amazed watching them work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/XX3JOS7P45FVXH4ZZDPV7E6YXE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Chloe Fineman Saturday Night Live SNL Chloe Fineman attends the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She recalled sewing a JoJo Siwa costume in 10 hours, writing a cold open on a Saturday afternoon, and completing video work minutes before a dress rehearsal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYou sob uncontrollably when your sketch isn\u2019t picked. You storm into a producer\u2019s office telling them they just made the biggest mistake of their lives. You call everyone you know to complain. And then you look back a few years later and it was a sketch called \u201clipstick for thicc dogs,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBut that\u2019s just the show. You respect it so much that you give it absolutely everything you have even when it\u2019s incredibly stupid,\u201d she added. \u201cSo, you\u2019re ecstatic when it works out and the most devastated you\u2019ve ever been when it doesn\u2019t. And in the end, it doesn\u2019t matter all that much, but it did at the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI swear to God, one day, sometime in the future, they WILL make lipstick for thicc dogs.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Natalie Portman commented on Fineman\u2019s post, saying she was excited to see what she\u2019ll do next. Reese Witherspoon also commented to say Fineman\u2019s characters blended being clueless and unhinged perfectly. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u2019s\u201d major stars is moving on after seven seasons. 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