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When Cecily Strong skipped a few episodes of Saturday Night Live earlier this year to take the stage in a revival of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
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Strong officially announced her mid-season exit during the final SNL episode of 2022, her 11th season in the cast.
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Before the live broadcast, the show's Instagram account wrote, "Tonight we send out one of the best to ever do it." "Cecily, we'll miss you!"
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Strong had the opportunity to resurrect her yelling Kimberly Guilfoyle in the cold open after being nominated for her performance on SNL at the 2020 and 2021 Emmy Awards.
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Later, she shone with host Austin Butler as an ageing superfan of Sarah Sherman's "Jewish Elvis."
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But she always shone the brightest on "Weekend Update," and it was there that she received the fittingly spectacular send-off.
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While Strong chose to bid SNL farewell with Cathy Anne, the "lady who's usually shrieking outside Michael Che's window," she may not have given us one last Jeanine Pirro appearance.
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She joked that she was "not too worried" because she has "friends on the inside and they appear to be doing OK" as she revealed that she was going to prison.
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As Strong said that, images of her late SNL co-stars Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant wearing orange jumpsuits emerged on the screen next to her.
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