The other day, news came that Saturday Night Live had hired two new female cast members for the upcoming season. Now word comes today that the show has also fired two female cast members. Therefore, these new additions were actually replacements.
Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson, two cast member who joined the show in the last season, are no longer a part of the cast. Both had some memorable moments on the show, Watkins as the Bitchpleeze! blogger and Wilson as…well, I don’t remember a lot of Wilson’s parts but I know she was there. As usual, Lorne Michaels hasn’t given a definite reason why the girls were let go. He’s sneaky like that.
Watkins released this statement to The Comic’s Comic:
I will say to you now, though, that I had a GREAT time there. Met some of the most truly talented and fantastic people, had the most exciting job and I honestly can say I don’t have any regrets I can think of right now. Although it seems kinda crazy right now, this may shake out to make sense to everyone. Lorne isn’t known for indulging in any lip-service and I feel very encouraged by his words last week. I’m working on something I’m very excited about now, so… the journey continues, and I feel so lucky I got to stop off at 30 Rock. It was awesome.
It really is a badge of honor for any comic to appear on SNL so both women should be proud.
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