Comedian Chloe Troast opens up about Saturday Night Live exit: ‘Not my choice’

A comedian has expressed her disappointment after being axed from Saturday Night Live after just one year on the sketch show.

Saturday Night Live is bidding farewell to cast member Chloe Troast – and according to the comic, this move was not made on her own volition.

Troast, who joined the iconic sketch comedy show on its most recent season as a featured player, opened up on Instagram earlier this week after Deadline broke the news of her exit.

“Unfortunately I was not asked back to SNL this season,” she wrote, in part. “I wish I was going back to be with all the amazing friends I made there, it truly felt like home. But it wasn’t in the cards.”

Chloe Troast announced her departure from SNL earlier this week.

She was forced to reveal her exit after Deadline broke the news.

Troast took to TikTok on Wednesday (Sept. 11) to reiterate to fans that she “will not be on SNL this next season,” per The Hollywood Reporter.

“This was not my choice, I wish I was there getting to be with my friends,” she continued. “It truly felt like a second home. Thank you to everyone. I love you all.”

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On SNL with Pete Davidson last October. Picture: Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images

The news of her departure arrived with the promotion of featured players Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker, as well as the casting of newbies Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline.

Several of her SNL castmates showed their love and support in the comments of her Instagram post, including Hernandez, Walker, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Chloe Fineman, and Molly Kearney, the last of whom announced that they were leaving the series in August.

Troast also updated fans on TikTok.

The comedian looked downcast in the clip.

Punkie Johnson also confirmed that she is leaving SNL after starting on the show in 2020.

She later admitted to fellow former SNL stars Dana Carvey and David Spade on their Fly on the Wall podcast that she “didn’t really feel like [she] fit. ”

“I didn’t feel like that was my zone,” Johnson said. “That show is for a different type of person. I came from stand-up so I just thought everybody else came from stand-up,” she added.

With SNL castmate Kenan Thompson (left) and SNL writer Mikey Day last November. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images

“I started having conversations with people and everybody was like, ‘Oh yeah, we went to school for this.’ I’m like, ‘Y’all went to school to be here?’”

Johnson explained that she started considering her departure ahead of Season 49, and “talked to [her] team” to figure out a course of action.

“I was like, ‘Look, I don’t really know if I belong at this job, so maybe I should step away,’” she recalled.

“But I told them super, super late, like right after I found out I got to go back. And it was like ‘Well Punkie, you need a plan. You can’t just quit your job.’”

This article originally appeared in Decider and was reproduced with permission

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