Kate McKinnon Comments on Her 'SNL' Departure & Why She Felt Like It Was Time to Say Goodbye

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Rumors continue to swirl around the demise of one of the few sketch-comedy shows remaining, "Saturday Night Live." With tanking ratings, a dwindling all-star cast and creator Lorne Michaels' contract expiring imminently, the show might not be "live from New York" for much longer. In a recent interview with Charlamagne Tha God, the longest-tenured cast member of "SNL," Kenan Thompson, alluded to the end being near.  When asked about the rumors the show would be ending, he said, "There could be a lot of validity to that rumor, because 50's a good year to stop at." Lorne Michaels, left, and Kenan Thompson have been outspoken about the future of 'SNL.' (Getty Images) Thompson is referring to three seasons from now, when Michaels' contract with NBC expires.  The reason for the potential ending of "SNL" could be related to the ratings debacle, with the season 47 premiere recording only 4.9 million total viewers.The season 46 premiere in 2020 raked in over 8.2 million viewers, per a Nielsen report, meaning loss in viewership was just below 50 percent.

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Kate McKinnon explained her decision to leave "Saturday Night Live" after a decade starring on the show.  McKinnon revealed the decision wasn't easy and took a "very long time" during an interview last week on "Live with Kelly and Ryan." "I thought about it for a very long time, and it was very, very hard," the comedian said. "All I ever wanted to do in my whole life was be on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ 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." Kate McKinnon revealed why she left "SNL" after a decade starring on the show. The "Ghostbusters" star also revealed how she plans to spend her future Saturday nights.

Kate McKinnon revealed why she left  after a decade at the iconic sketch series, and she summed it up rather simply: she was tired.The 38-year-old actress and comedian appeared on  earlier this week and she revealed it had always been her dream to be on. That being said, McKinnon said she knew she had to make the hard decision and, in the end, time proved it was time to walk away.«I thought about it for a very long time, and it was very, very hard,» she said.

Saturday Night Live.The actor and comedian left the show at the end of season 47 earlier this year, alongside Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney.McKinnon said her farewell at the start of the show with another edition of her long-running Close Encounters sketch, which concluded with her saying, “Earth, I love you. Thanks for letting me stay a while.”Now, McKinnon recently told Ryan Seacret and Kelly Ripa about her decision on Live With Kelly and Ryan.

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Zack Sharf Ryan Gosling said on “The Tonight Show” that Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s “Barbie” screenplay is “the best script I’ve ever read,” but that’s not what made him finally agree to Gerwig’s offer to star in the movie as Ken. It turns out the universe gave Gosling a bit of a push, as the actor discovered one of his daughter’s Ken dolls face down in the dirt almost immediately after being offered the “Barbie” movie.“Best script I’ve ever read. I walk out in the backyard [after getting the offer] and, do you know where I found Ken?” Gosling said.

WATCH: Kim Kardashian's noisy kids interrupt Jimmy Fallon interviewThe couple began dating in 2011 and welcomed their first child together in 2013, eldest daughter North West.A year later they tied the knot and son Saint arrived in later 2015, though Kim was given the sad news her body wouldn't be able to handle another pregnancy.READ NEXT: All the Kimye revelations you need to know from The KardashiansFortunately they were able to have two more children via surrogate; daughter Chicago in 2018 and son Psalm in 2019.Kim filed for divorce in early 2021 and was declared "legally single" just over a year later, after debuting a relationship with Pete Davidson while she and Kanye share joint custody of their four kids.But which of the children are carbon copies of mum Kim and which ones take after Kanye? Keep scrolling to find out.There's no denying North is the spitting image of her father. She has the same cheeky smile and bfacial structure as her dad, though it looks like she's also inherited her mum's brown doe eyes.Though Kanye keeps his hair buzzed, North clearly got his dad's genes there too, with tight black curls she usually wears in traditionally Black styles.READ NEXT: Fans spot “morbid” detail at Kim Kardashian’s daughter’s birthdayFans are hyper-aware of the resemblance too, thuough some have claimed North also resembles aunt Kourtney Kardashian - to which Kim replied on Twitter: "Now this I agree with so much!!!"Kim's eldest son looks like another Kanye mini-me at first glace, but he also inherited plenty of his mum's features.

Kate McKinnon has finally broken her silence regarding her recent departure from “Saturday Night Live”.

Kate McKinnon says she thought about leaving Saturday Night Live “for a very long time” before finally arriving at the decision to end her 11-season stint.

pic.twitter.com/4bRmTszD0gMcKinnon exited “SNL” after its 47th season along with other key players, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney.Acquiring the most acting Emmy nominations in the show’s history, McKinnon also participated in the cold open’s “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” a total of 75 times — becoming the second-highest tally after Darrell Hammond’s 77 openers.Although no longer heading to Studio 8H every week, McKinnon has a few projects coming down the line, including voice acting in “DC League of Super-Pets,” and a supporting role in the upcoming “Barbie” movie, starring alongside “Bombshell” costar Margot Robbie.“Saturday Night Live” will return for its 48th season this fall.

When 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.

Zack Sharf Kate McKinnon has broken her silence on leaving “Saturday Night Live,” attributing the reason for her departure from the long-running NBC sketch comedy series to her body being exhausted. McKinnon joined “SNL” in 2012 and became one of the show’s breakout sensations over her decade run. She won two Emmys for supporting actress in a comedy series thanks to her work on “SNL,” and is in the running for a third this year.“I thought about it for a very long time, and it was very, very hard,” McKinnon said on “Live With Kelly and Ryan” (via Entertainment Weekly).

“highest-paid actress” as her colossal salary for the much-hyped comedy has been revealed.The Aussie actress, 32, is cashing in $12.5 million for starring in the title role of Oscar-nominated writer-director Greta Gerwig’s film based on the iconic Mattel doll of the same name, Variety reported.Ryan Gosling, who co-stars as Ken in the hot-pink-filled flick, is also scoring $12.5 million.Other high-earning actors who still rank above Robbie’s impressive pay grade include screen legends such as Denzel Washington (“The Equalizer 3”), who’s raking in $20 million, Leonardo DiCaprio (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), coming in hot with $30 million and Tom Cruise — who ranks as the highest-paid actor with $100 million for “Top Gun: Maverick.”As for Robbie’s female peers, “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown earned $10 million for the new Netflix movie, “Enola Homes 2.”Also on the list were Jamie Lee Curtis (“Halloween Ends”) bringing in $3.5 million and Anya-Taylor Joy (“Furiosa”) receiving $1.8 million.Robbie previously grossed $10 million for her 2020 Harley Quinn standalone film “Birds of Prey.”The “I, Tonya” actress stars alongside Gosling, 41, as the “pretty loser” Ken, as well as Simu Liu, Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, Issa Rae and Kate McKinnon in next year’s “Barbie.”According to Deadline, the plot is about “Barbie getting kicked out of Barbieland because she’s not perfect enough” and she “goes on an adventure” to save Barbieland only to realize “that the key to happiness is belief in oneself.”Robbie even celebrated her 32nd birthday on set earlier this month and was gifted a bright Barbie-themed birthday cake with the phrase “Happy Birthday Barbie Margot!” scrawled with light pink icing.“Barbie” is slated to drive her

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