SNL star Martin Herlihy exits the show just weeks before season 52 premiere
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Another Saturday Night Live cast member is reportedly exiting the long-running sketch show.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Martin Herlihy is leaving SNL after five seasons.
The comedian, 27, was primarily a writer on the show, but he often appeared on camera as a performer too.
Herlihy is the son of SNL legend Tim Herlihy, who was one of the show’s head writers in the mid ’90s.
He was also part of the popular SNL comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy with Ben Marshall and John Higgins.
Higgins left SNL last year amid a giant cast shakeup, while Marshall was promoted to a full time cast member.
Martin Herlihy is leaving Saturday Night Live after five seasons as a writer on the sketch show
Herlihy is part of the popular SNL comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy with Ben Marshall and John Higgins; pictured with Sarah Sherman
Daily Mail has contacted NBC for comment.
Herlihy’s exit comes after longtime cast member Chloe Fineman left the series in July after seven seasons.
‘It’s really hard to leave SNL but it does feel like the right time,’ she said in a statement at the 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.’
Fineman went on to write that the job was ‘the greatest privilege of my life’ and she’s ‘forever in debt’ to creator Lorne Michaels.
‘Every day I was lucky enough to be surrounded by the best people in the business, and I was constantly amazed watching them work,’ the funnywoman wrote.
She originally joined the talented ensemble in 2019 for the 45th season, and she was promoted to full time cast member two seasons later in 2021.
Both Herlihy and Fineman are just the latest SNL stars to leave the series in the past year.
Herlihy’s exit comes after longtime cast member Chloe Fineman left the series in July after seven seasons
Bowen Yang shockingly quit the sketch show last December to make his Broadway debut and to continue focusing on his podcast, Las Culturistas.
SNL underwent an extreme cast shakeup after its landmark 50th season last year, with Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Emil Wakim and Michael Longfellow all leaving the series.
The show will return to screens on September 26 for season 52.
Knicks star Jalen Brunson will host the premiere, while global girl group KATSEYE are the featured musical guest.
According to NBC, actress Dakota Johnson will then host the October 3 episode.
Shane Gillis and Inde Navarrette will also host upcoming episodes, while Rosalia and Gracie Abrams will be musical guests.
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