Is Cecily Strong Done With “SNL”? not at all. But she wasn’t in this week’s Season 48 premiere (we’ll explain why momentarily), and fans worried she might have sneaked out after being completely absent from the new opening credits.
The end of “Saturday Night Live” season 47 saw a major exodus of the longtime cast, including Kate McKinnon, Eddie Bryant and Pete Davidson, among others. But that list didn’t include Cecily Strong, who has been with the show since 2012.
But he is still with the show. People with knowledge of the matter confirmed that Strong is on hiatus while starring in a production of “The Search for the Science of Intelligent Life in the Universe,” which premiered earlier this week on September 28 in Los Angeles by Mark Tepper. The forum was opened. She will return to ‘SNL’ in November.
That doesn’t mean people still aren’t wondering what the deal is. For example:
Strong will be 11th this season with “SNL,” making him one of the longest-running cast members on the show. Thanks to her impressions as Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green and her strong advocacy for abortion rights and feminism, she has become a beloved fixture on sketch comedy series.
Earned particularly strong praise late last year, when she appeared as Guber the Clown on Weekend Update to discuss abortion rights and her own abortion. You can watch that moment here.