Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson and Kyle Mooney have been fixtures on the long-running NBC sketch show for years.
While "Russian Doll" actress Natasha Lyonne made her "SNL" host debut, much of the finale's attention focused on Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney and Aidy Bryant, who marked Saturday's episode as their last.
News of the "SNL" departures came Friday but were more tangible with tender moments during Saturday's episode. Before the show, Davidson said his goodbyes in a touching post on "SNL" writer Dave Sirus' Instagram page. McKinnon waved goodbye to the audience in the opening sketch under the guise that she was being abducted by aliens, Mooney appeared in many of the night's sketches and trend forecaster Bryant said her time on the show was "in."
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Isn’t michael che leaving too?
god let’s hope so, just fire all these duds
thats pretty much all the heavy hitters…
Wait do that was Kate actually saying goodbye?
Why are they leaving!?!?
They are moving on with their careers. Davidson has a budding film career ahead of him, McKinnon has been there and has stayed longer then most cast members. It happens all the time.
@Joe Palladino Yes but it’s wrong.What careers?They don’t ‘move’on to anything really.Meanwhile we get used to them and like them and then they leave and we don’t watch anymore.Great plan.
cuz they been on for a decade, snl already watered down kyle mooney’s humor so much he sucks now it ruined him…finally he can go back to just doing youtube videos which were way funnier
Kate has been amazing. I hope she does something else that I can watch-like a sit-com.
Look at me! Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.Gal1:10 Please think about it. Repent/believe in Jesus Christ. He died for you live for him.
Are you ready for Heaven? Have you ever lied, stolen used God’s name as a curse word (O-M-G)? According to God’s law, you’re guilty. But wait, God loves you, he made a way out. God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him will not die but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Please think about it. Repent/believe before the rapture, before the one world government. Jesus died for you,live for him. Love U
With Kat and Aidy gone how will they steer sketch material to the angry, lonely, liberal cat ladies?
Kate McKinnon is the one I’ll miss forever.
never heard of them..
May they rise from their unamusing, poorly written political satire skits on SNL.
I’ll miss Kyle Mooney! ❤