{"id":2017120,"date":"2025-09-12T17:34:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2017120"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:34:01","slug":"ego-nwodim-announces-departure-from-snl-in-heartfelt-statement-amid-season-51-cast-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ego-nwodim-announces-departure-from-snl-in-heartfelt-statement-amid-season-51-cast-shakeup\/","title":{"rendered":"Ego Nwodim Announces Departure from \u2018SNL\u2019 in Heartfelt Statement Amid Season 51 Cast Shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Ego Nwodim<\/strong> is the latest <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> cast member to exit the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe hardest part of a great party is knowing when to say goodnight. But after seven unforgettable seasons, I have decided to leave SNL,\u201d the comedian, 37, wrote in an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOgawKMDWf2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=0cbeb5bd-f6db-4234-b094-bde506cb922e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram post<\/a> on Friday, September 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI am immensely grateful to<strong> Lorne [Michaels]<\/strong> for the opportunity, to my castmates, the writers, and the crew for their brilliance, support, and friendship,\u201d Nwodim continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWeek after week on that stage taught me more than I could have ever imagined, and I will carry those memories (and that laughter) with me always \u2728\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\ude18 now invite me to your weddings please!!!\u201d she concluded her heartfelt statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nwodim first joined the long-running sketch comedy series in 2018 for season 44.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">NDZ\/starmaxinc.com\/Newscom\/The Mega Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/heidi-gardner-4th-snl-cast-164606426.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:As the National Enquirer previously reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">As the<em> National Enquirer<\/em> previously reported<\/a>, multiple cast members from season 50 have already departed the late-night program, including <strong>Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, Michael Longfellow,<\/strong> and <strong>Heidi Gardner.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, there will still be a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/snl-season-51-cast-reportedly-184958007.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:handful of returning faces;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">handful of returning faces<\/a> for season 51, as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/09\/saturday-night-live-snl-cast-shake-up-complete-1236511636\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a> reported earlier this week that <strong>Michael Che<\/strong> and <strong>Colin Jost<\/strong> will be back at the Weekend Update desk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other returning cast members include <strong>Mikey Day<\/strong>,<strong> Andrew Dismukes<\/strong>,<strong> Chloe Fineman<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0Marcello Hernandez<\/strong>,<strong> James Austin Johnson<\/strong>,<strong> Sarah Sherman<\/strong>,<strong> Kenan Thompson<\/strong>,<strong> Bowen Yang<\/strong>, and featured players <strong>Ashley Padilla<\/strong> and <strong>Jane Wickline.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Five new faces \u2014 <strong>Ben Marshall, Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson,<\/strong> and <strong>Veronika Slowikowska<\/strong> \u2014 will also be welcomed into season 51.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com 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But after seven unforgettable seasons, I have decided to leave SNL,\u201d the comedian, 37, wrote in an Instagram post on Friday, September 12. \u201cI am immensely grateful to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2017121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[355876,334835,367308,53779,352941],"class_list":["post-2017120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cast-members","tag-ego-nwodim","tag-eric-kowalsky","tag-instagram-post","tag-michael-che"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ego-Nwodim-Announces-Departure-from-\u2018SNL-in-Heartfelt-Statement-Amid.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}