Kate McKinnon Opens Up About Her ‘Saturday Night Live’ Exit: ‘My Body Was Tired’
usmagazine.comWhen it’s time, it’s time! Kate McKinnon opened up about her decision to leave Saturday Night Live after a decade on the sketch comedy show.“I thought about it for a very long time and it was very, very hard,” McKinnon, 38, said of her departure during a Thursday, July 21, appearance on Live With Kelly and Ryan. “All I ever wanted to do in my whole life was be on Saturday Night Live.
And so, I did, I loved it, I had the best decade and then I was just, like, my body was tired, and I felt like it was time.”Host Ryan Seacrest asked the Ghostbusters actress how she’ll spend her Saturday evenings now. “I don’t know what I will do.
I don’t know that I can watch the show yet because it’s just too emo because I miss everyone so much,” she said. The New York native added that her SNL castmates were like “family, for sure.”In May, McKinnon performed her final cold open sketch as a cast member on the Emmy-winning show.
The comedian broke down in tears while playing her fan-favorite character, alien abductee Miss Rafferty.“Well, Earth, I love you, thanks for letting me stay awhile.
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