'SNL' vets Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim break silence over Season 51 bloodbath

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00:00Getting to spend seven years of my time on SNL with you, one of life's greatest gifts,

00:06it's not the easiest place to work, but you were such a huge gift. The sketches, they come,

00:11they go. They're really fun. They can be hard. They can be things you're not into, whatever.

00:16Ego Wodum is breaking her silence on her exit from Saturday Night Live,

00:20and she threw subtle shade at the show's challenging onset dynamic. It all went down

00:25on Ego's podcast, Thanks Dad, where she welcomed fellow SNL alum and best friend,

00:31Heidi Gardner. The two comedians were behind several viral characters in sketches

00:35over the years. Lisa from Temecula got Pedro Pascal to break.

00:39This dog, this dog followed me home. I'm about to tear this thing up.

00:45And Heidi couldn't contain herself in this Beavis and Butthead sketch,

00:49which garnered 24 million YouTube views.

00:55The extras held tighter than the cast, quipped one commenter.

01:03With eight seasons under her belt, Heidi was the longest-tenured female cast member

01:07before her shocking exit. While she has not publicly spoken about why she left,

01:12The Post reported that her contract was not renewed. Now on her BFFs pod,

01:17she's opening up about the competitive nature of the famed NBC show.

01:21There weren't a lot of times when we were able to succeed in the way we wanted at the exact same time.

01:27I remember just so many times being like,

01:29why can't we be able to be winning together at the same time?

01:32Ego and Heidi were two of five cast members who didn't return in the season 51 Bloodbath,

01:37along with Devin Walker, Emil Joachim, and Michael Longfellow.

01:42While not an official cast member,

01:44John Higgins, one-third of the Please Don't Destroy digital shorts team,

01:48also left the show. His teammate, Ben Marshall, was promoted to the cast, along with four others.

01:55Challenges aside, Ego called getting to work with Heidi one of life's greatest gifts,

01:59said the two formed a really deep, really fast friendship on the show,

02:03and that she's so grateful for that time.

02:05So maybe a buddy comedy is in their future.

02:08Let us know what you think about this season's shake-ups and the new cast in the comments below.