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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.
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