Saturday Night Live writer Celeste Yim is leaving the long-running NBC show.

Yim, who revealed the news on Instagram, is exiting after five years in the writers’ room. They joined the show in 2020 and was promoted to writing supervisor in 2023.

Yim, who wrote sketches including L’Eggs and We’re Trying , said, “After five seasons, I’m leaving my job at Saturday Night Live . Lorne hired me over the phone when I was 23 and the job literally made all of my dreams come true BUT it was also grueling and I slept in my office evert week BUT my friends helped me with everything BUT I got yelled at by random famous men BUT some famous girls too BUT I loved it and I laughed every day and it’s where I grew up.”

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