Dana Carvey is spilling the tea about the brutal “Saturday Night Live” cast shakeup .

The comedian, 70, shared intel about Heidi Gardner’s exit from the NBC show on Wednesday’s episode of his “Fly on the Wall” podcast with David Spade.

“From what I know as of this recording, that it was not her idea to leave,” Carvey claimed. 9

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“I could be wrong about that,” he added, “but that’s what I read.”

Spade, who was on “SNL” for six seasons in the 1990s, said he finds it “a little shocking” that the show would fire Gardner.

“Because she really is one of the core ones you know from that show and she always does a great job,” Spade, 61, said.

“You never know, and it is a hard thing, but I was really, really surprised,” Carvey replied. “I think she’s got a likability. She can play

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