Ben Affleck's ex Lindsay Shookus announces she will be leaving SNL after 20 years of work

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Lindsay Shookus has announced that she will be leaving Saturday Night Live after twenty years with the program. The news about the program's 42-year-old producer and head of its talent department was revealed by Deadline, and it was reported that, although she was offered a promotion, she felt as if it was the right time to depart from the program.The news about the entertainment industry figure was announced during the second wedding weekend of her former partner, Ben Affleck.

Saying goodbye: Lindsay Shookus has announced that she will be leaving Saturday Night Live after twenty years with the program; she is seen in 2019Shookus had remained with Saturday Night Live for 20 years, 10 of which were spent as a producer.She created a Diversity Scholarship at SNL in 2020, and she will remain involved with the program.

The entertainment industry figure also provided a statement to Deadline where she expressed that she was looking forward to stepping away 'wild late-night life' and focusing on raising her daughter Maddie, nine.

She stated: 'When I started in 2002, I was a baby from Buffalo, NY who didn't know anything about the business, except that I so badly wanted to be somehow part of it.' Recent event: The news about the entertainment industry figure was announced during the second wedding weekend of her former partner, Ben Affleck; they are seen in 2017Shookus went on to state that she was grateful for the opportunity to have worked on the long-running sketch comedy program.'I found my place at SNL and I've spent the past two decades developing the most incredible friendships and memories alongside some truly brilliant and talented people,' she said.