[Music] Molly Kerney has exited Studio 8 the Saturday Night Live star who was the show's First non-binary cast member announced Friday on Instagram that they will not return for a third season of the sketch Series in the fall y'all that's a wrap on my time on SNL Kerney wrote reflecting on the amazing two seasons I got on this show it was such a dream come true so incredibly grateful for this period in my life kerney's post contained images of them with SNL Repertory players like Bowen young Heidi Gardner Sarah Sherman Keenan Thompson James Austin Johnson and Mikey day as well as fellow featured players like Khloe tro and Marcelo Hernandez so much love to all my big-hearted buddies behind the scenes who make the magic happen every week they added so many bald caps so little time it was a true honor to work with such a talented group of writers and don't even get me started on the cast The Comedian showed particular appreciation for their day one crew of Devin Walker Michael Longfellow and Hernandez all of whom joined the series alongside Kerney in 2022 for season 48 head up and hard out kerney's announcement will come as a disappoint to many SNL fans who hope to see them play Donald Trump's running mate JD Vance during political sketches ahead of the 24 presidential election which would likely have seen them go toe-to-toe with Maya Rudolph's KLA Harris and JJ's Trump Kerney recently performed a set at a standup comedy show headline by Punky Johnson an SNL castmate who has also announced that she won't return for season 50 SNL was a dream I didn't even know I could achieve Johnson said in an Instagram video Thursday I was a part of one of the most elite institutions in comedy and I'm so grateful that's still my people Cur memorably discussed their gender identity in a weekend update segment in 2023 that saw them drop into the desk via wires I've been wanting to come to update and talk about trans people but I have for a much longer time than that wanted to fly down from the ceiling they said I'm not going to lie this harness is pretty tight and my groin area is beefed I've been hung up on my genitals far too long and I'm starting to feel like a freaking Republican lawmaker as they were lifted out of the studio cnie gave an address to trans kids that was equally impassioned and hilarious what's happening kids is wrong and you don't need to be scared they said our job is to protect you and your job is to focus on being a kid it's kind of like me flying in the SNL Sky there's a bunch of dudes asking you about your crotch and controlling when and where you're allowed to pee but if you just hang on you'll look and realize you're flying kid so far only Kerney and Punky Johnson have announced that they won't won't be back for SNL's half century anniversary season until we hear otherwise expect current cast members Michael Chay day Andrew dismukes Gardner Khloe Fineman Hernandez James Austin Johnson Colin Joost Longfellow Sherman tro Walker and young to return for season 50