Former cast members Ego Nwodim and Heidi Gardner recently got candid about the pressures of working on the long-running NBC sketch show.
During a recent episode of Nwodim's podcast, Thanks Dad, the two comedians reflected on their time at SNL, opening up about how challenging the fast-paced, high-pressure environment could be — even for seasoned performers. The duo left SNL right before the 51st season started, with Gardner's departure announced on Aug. 28, and Nwodim's on Sept. 12.
Sarah Sherman, Heidi Gardner, Sabrina Carpenter and Ego Nwodim during the “Domingo: Vow Renewal” sketch on February 16, 2025."To have to share such an intimate space together for hours on end on Saturdays and Thursdays and Fridays, whenever we were rehearsing, yeah, it made [me and Gardner] close quick," Nwodim explained. "But it doesn’t have to work that way. It could also not make you close. It can make you not like each other. It can make you feel whatever mutually, 'I'm sharing a space with this person.' But I’m so grateful we got so close."
"I'm so honored that we worked so hard there, and then we also worked on our friendship so hard, which wasn't hard, by the way," the 42-year-old comedian said. "I just mean we’re human, so we have egos, we want things for ourselves, we want to succeed. There weren’t a lot of times we were able to succeed the way we wanted at the exact same time."
Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner and Mikey Day speak during SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations presents "Saturday Night Live" at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Robin Williams Center.According to TODAY, they reported in late August that Gardner's contract was not renewed after eight seasons, but she has landed a new project after her exit. Meanwhile, Nwodim left the show due to wanting to pursue more projects in film and television. Since leaving, the 37-year-old actress attended the Calvin Klein fashion show during New York Fashion Week in September and filmed a commercial with the fitness brand solidcore.
Prior to the show's premiere earlier this month, SNL hired Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska to join the cast. Marshall was originally part of the comedy trio Please Don't Destroy, which made occasional cameos throughout the show's 47th through 50th seasons.
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