The Real Reason Aidy Bryant Left Saturday Night Live

In a recent interview with Variety, Aidy Bryant admitted that she'd been trying to find the right time to exit "Saturday Night Live" for a while, but life kept getting in the way of a clean send off. "If it weren't for COVID, I probably would have left a few years earlier," she said. "But it was such a huge change. When COVID hit, it was so jarring ... I kept trying to seek one last normal year. This year wasn't the normal year that I hoped for, but it was closer to that. It was like, 'OK, it's really time now.' And 10 felt like a nice, solid round number."

Bryant's struggle with balancing upwards mobility and job security is an understandable one, even if it's in a spot as lofty as "SNL." On a human level, it's refreshing to know that the actress felt confident enough with her place of work that she could stay until the time was finally right. Now she's free to pursue a wider array of other projects.