Cecily Strong has left Saturday Night Live
Strong said goodbye with a sketch celebrating her RadioShack career
Ahead of last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, the last one of the year, news broke that longtime cast member Cecily Strong would be leaving the show—joining a long list of performers who have left the series ahead of (or in this case during) the current season that includes Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, Aristotle Athari, and Chris Redd. Kenan Thompson is still there, but with this much turnover, he must be somewhat ready to move on at some point (he can leave whenever he wants, as long as we get one last “What Up With That”).
As for Strong, she got a big, somewhat show-wide sendoff last night, with two segments dedicated to her departure. First there was a “Weekend Update” bit where she played recurring character Cathy Anne and revealed that she’s going to prison (with a joke about how she has friends on the inside who are doing okay, with a photo popping up of hardened prisoner versions of Bryant and McKinnon).