Melissa Villaseñor shares that she left SNL for her mental health
Melissa Villaseñor left SNL this year alongside Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, and more
Melissa Villaseñor was just one of many veteran Saturday Night Live cast members who departed from the sketch series this year, and now she’s opening up on how she came to the decision, citing a need to care for her mental health.
“Yeah, it was my decision,” Villaseñor says in an interview with Daily Beast. “I gave myself a lot of time in the summer to think on it and kind of play out in my head if I go back. At the end of the day it was about my mental health. Last season, I had a couple of panic attacks. I think it was just… I was struggling. I always felt like I was on the edge of a cliff every week. And I was like, I don’t want to be doing that to myself anymore. And it’s not like the show was mean towards me or anyone. It was just how I handle things.”