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After seven seasons of viral sketches<\/a> and celebrity impressions<\/a>, Chloe Fineman is leaving \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d ahead of its 52nd season.<\/p>\n The comedian announced on Instagram<\/a> July 16 that she is departing from the show, describing her time on the comedy staple as \u201cthe greatest privilege\u201d of her life.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to leave SNL but it does feel like the right time,\u201d Fineman wrote. \u201cI\u2019m 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\u2019ll never be too far away.\u201d <\/p>\n Her departure follows a slew of exits from many of the show\u2019s veteran comedians in 2025, including Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim and Bowen Yang, as well as Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker and Emil Wakim, who were shorter-tenured performers.<\/p>\n Ahead of the Season 51 premiere in September 2025, Fineman told Extra TV<\/a> that she was still wrapping her head around the shakeups.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cSome shocking stuff,\u201d she said. \u201cA little heartbreak, sadness. I haven\u2019t fully processed anything, but I will say the show has such a turnover.\u201d <\/p>\n In the post announcing her departure, Fineman wrote about the highs and lows of working on the show: \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<\/p>\n She also joked about the plights of working on \u201cSNL,\u201d recalling how performers can \u201csob uncontrollably\u201d when a sketch is cut, only to look back \u201ca few years later\u201d and realize \u201cit was a sketch called \u2018lipstick for thicc dogs.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n Fineman wrapped up her farewell message with a final declaration about the sketch: \u201cAnd I swear to God, one day, sometime in the future, they WILL make lipstick for thicc dogs,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n This article was originally published on TODAY.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n