Chloe Fineman Exits 'SNL' After 7 Seasons
Link: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chloe-fineman-exits-snl-1236650383/
"It’s really hard to leave 'SNL' but it does feel like the right time," she wrote. "I’m going to miss it a lot. But the people who work there are my family and that place is my home, and I know I’ll never be too far away."
Her departure comes ahead of the show’s 52nd season on NBC. Fineman leaves after a sizable upheaval in the show’s cast last year, which saw the departures of Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Devon Walker, Emil Wakima and Michael Longfellow before season 51 began and Bowen Yang partway through the season. SNL also added five featured players (Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska) last season.
... Fineman joined SNL in 2019 as a featured player and was promoted to the main cast two years later. She had a wide repertoire of impressions — ranging from Drew Barrymore to Timothee Chalamet — and featured in a host of other sketches as well.
Outside of SNL, Fineman’s credits include Freakier Friday, voice work on Big Mouth and Despicable Me 4 and the upcoming Prime Video movie Red, White & Royal Wedding.
Chloe was one my favorites on SNL, but I'm sure she'll be invited back as a guest host one of the days.
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But she's been busy in the last year, she had a comedy special last fall. Also I think she has a couple movies coming out? I hope she stays on SNL for at least one more year.
Remember Jay Mohr? He was only on SNL for 2 seasons I think in the early 90s. After he left the show he wrote a book about how much he hated working on Saturday Night Live. Janeanne Garafolo did practically the same thing. It's not that they don't have talent, but some of the writers and performers can't deal with the pressure and lack of structure etc.
Having said all of that, I thought Chloe Fineman did great in her 7 years on SNL. She created several characters of her own and she chipped in on skits where she wasn't the star. I'm not sure how much writing she contributed, but that's often a big factor in how much love they get from Lorne.
I actually have a Peacock subscription so I can watch all the old SNL episodes whenever. Definitely worth it!