Chloe Fineman is saying goodbye to Saturday Night Live, announcing her exit after seven seasons.
“After 7 wonderful seasons at SNL I have decided it’s time for my next chapter,” Fineman, 37, wrote via an Instagram statement on Thursday, July 16. “It’s cliche to say this but working at SNL has been the greatest privilege of my life.”
The comedian, who joined the sketch series in 2019, noted, “I still can’t really believe I got to be a part of it. I fell in love with the place the second I walked through the door.”
Fineman gave SNL creator Lorne Michaels a shout-out as well, teasing that if he’s “reading this on your burner account” she wants him to know “that I am forever in your debt.”
“Every day I was lucky enough to be surrounded by the best people in the business, and I was constantly amazed watching them work,” Fineman recalled of her time on the NBC show. “Sewing a Jojo Siwa costume in 10 hours. Writing a cold open at 2pm on a Saturday. Finishing the VFX of a video minutes before dress (I don’t know if ‘finishing VFX’ is the right technical term but you get the idea).”
The actress shared that it’s “funny looking back at it all now” after being so immersed in her work for so long — and feeling every emotion that comes with live comedy shows.
Chloe Fineman with ‘SNL’ female castmates. Courtesy of Chloe Fineman/Instagram
“At the show you get so invested in everything you work on. You sob uncontrollably when your sketch isn’t picked,” Fineman revealed. “You storm into a producers office telling them they just made the biggest mistake of their lives. You call everyone you know to complain. And then you look back a few years later and it was a sketch called ‘lipstick for thicc dogs.’”
Fineman noted “that’s just the show” and something that she’s learned to fully embrace during her tenure.
“You respect it so much that you give it absolutely everything you have even when it’s incredibly stupid,” the TV personality shared. “So you’re ecstatic when it works out and the most devastated you’ve ever been when it doesn’t. And in the end it doesn’t matter all that much but it did at the moment.”
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Fineman confessed, “It’s really hard to leave SNL but it does feel like the right time. I’m going to miss it a lot. But the people who work there are my family and that place is my home, and I know I’ll never be too far away.”
She concluded her goodbye with a joke, writing, “And I swear to God, one day, sometime in the future, they WILL make lipstick for thicc dogs.”
Fineman began her time on SNL during the 2019-2020 season. She gained even more fame during the coronavirus pandemic shows, which were filmed remotely from the casts’ homes in spring 2020, especially when she highlighted her impersonation skills.
Marcello Hernández, Glen Powell and Chloe Fineman behind the scenes on ‘SNL.’ Courtesy of Chloe Fineman/Instagram
In the years that followed, Fineman was praised for her portrayals of celebrities including Drew Barrymore, Britney Spears, Jennifer Coolidge and SNL alum Kate McKinnon, among others.
Fans have also loved Fineman’s sketches like Snack Homiez, Forever 31 and the Domingo franchise of skits that feature Marcello Hernández.
While Fineman hasn’t commented on her next move, Deadline reported on Thursday that she is in negotiations to join Netflix’s Myron Bolitar alongside Colin Woodell, KJ Apa and Diane Guerrero.
Us Weekly has reached out to Fineman’s rep for comment.
