Cecily Strong He is the latest cast member to leave NBC Saturday Night Live.
Strong’s final show was the Saturday night edition. she She appeared as Kimberly Guilfoyle in the open and other segments, including one on “The Jewish Elvis” as well as “Weekend Update”. In the latter, she played recurring character Kathy Ann, who was saying “goodbye” because she was going to prison. She joked that she would be fine because she has “friends on the inside, they seem fine” as a photo of recently departed cast members Kate McKinnon and Eddie Bryant was shown on screen in prison uniforms.
Everyone has to go to jail at some point, right? She added. The character broke a bit at the end, she said: “I had a lot of fun here. And I feel really fortunate to have spent so many of the best moments of my life in this place, and with these people that I love so much.”
Another clip saw her as a RadioShack employee working her last day on the job. In the sitcom, Kenan Thompson, who plays her boss, notes that she’s been working there for “eight amazing years.” She said, “Well, I’ve been here 11 years.” “I know, eight of them were amazing,” he responded, adding, “Honestly, I don’t think Radio Shack could have gone on that long without Cecily. Every time she came to work, she had a new personality, or a new accent, or a new impression.” It would blow your mind. She would have the strength and joy of her performance that made you remember why you loved working at Radio Shack in the first place.”
host (f Elvis star) Austin Butler then appeared as “The Elvis Model”—the joke was that they didn’t have enough money to spring for an Elvis Presley costume—and sang “Blue Christmas” to her, to which she then joined in, followed by Thompson and the rest of SNL ejaculate.
The news of her departure was announced on Saturday SNL’Social media accounts (see below).
She joined the sketch show, produced by Lorne Michaels, in 2012, in its 38th season. Over the years, she’s created characters like “The Girl You Wish You Never Started A Conversation With At A Party” and impersonated characters like Kendall Jenner, Megyn Kelly, and Liz Cheney.
Understandably, the plan was for Strong to return only for the first half of the current season. Fans noticed her absence from the opening credits of the season premiere in October, but by the time she did appear Search for signs of intelligent life in the universe at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and so could not register SNL in New York.
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Strong follows on the heels of the other cast members who left recently SNLAnd the Including McKinnon, Bryant and Pete Davidson.
Saturday night SNL Featuring host Austin Butler and musical guest Lizzo.
Updated 10:32 PM Dec. 17: Added Strong’s skin in the Weekend Update.
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