Ego Nwodim and Heidi Gardner Talk 'SNL' and Rave About 'Angel from Heaven' Host

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When Ego Nwodim announced last week that Heidi Gardner would be the first guest on the second season of her podcast, Thanks Dad , my first thought was: We’re finally going to get the tea surrounding their respective exits from SNL over the summer. It didn’t happen. In fact, they barely talked about the fact that neither of them is there anymore. But now, understanding just how close they are - and from Nwodim’s hints that SNL could sometimes be a difficult place to work - I wouldn’t doubt that Nwodim decided to leave only because her best friend was no longer on the show.

And best friends they are, something they spoke about frequently on the episode. It was

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