Kenan Thompson Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Kenan Thompson ponders his time at Saturday Night Live coming to an end. Thompson, who holds the title of being the longest-running cast member in the show's history, recently spoke to People about what it's going to feel like to leave the show one day. "I definitely do. It's, it's gonna suck," Thompson said about potentially exiting the sketch-comedy series. "There's just so many layers to it. It's not just the on-screen that you see in that one, camera shot. It's so many people behind the scenes and years and years and years with each one of those people. So it's gonna be a lot." Related Stories TV 'Saturday Night Live' Hosts the Trump Awards as Mike Myers Makes Surprise Cameo Movies Tribeca Films Acquires 'We Are Pat' Documentary About Androgynous 'SNL' Character (Exclusive) He also opened up about what it's like to see his cast members leaving. Last month, Bowen Yang left the show after joining as a writer in 2018. He is the most recent cast member to exit. "It's tough for me because I have yet to have the moment," Thompson said. "If I was on the other side of it, I'd be a little more like, 'Yeah, you know, it's all good,' like, 'Shake it off' kind of thing. But, I'm dreading the moment. I might collapse in the moment because it's been so many years and so many relationships." "That's gonna be a drastic change at this point that I never thought, you know, 'SNL' would be such a large component in my life," he continued. "I never thought I'd even get the job in the first place." The comedian has been a main player on the sketch-comedy series since 2003. He joined in season 23. In a 2018 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he spoke about his fear of leaving the show. "I think about leaving and I fear it. This is such a special place, you want to do your part here, but you also want to make room for people that are coming behind you," he said. "This was the first year I really started feeling like, 'OK, I could push out of it now.'" THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up The Studio Apple TV+ 'The Studio' Cancels Apple TV Press Day Panel Following Catherine O'Hara's Death Obituaries Demond Wilson, Lamont on 'Sanford and Son,' Dies at 79 Darren Aronofsky Critic's Notebook: Darren Aronofsky's 'On This Day... 1776' Demonstrates That High-End AI Slop Is Still AI Slop The Fien Print Critic's Appreciation: How 'Schitt's Creek' Helped Us Celebrate Catherine O'Hara's Genius (That Was Always There) Live Feed 'The Studio' Producers, Cast and Crew Remember Catherine O'Hara as "An Undeniable Legend" Live Feed How 'Bridgerton' Leaned Into Fantasy With Season 4's Benedict-Sophie Love Story - and What's Ahead in Part 2 The Studio Apple TV+ 'The Studio' Cancels Apple TV Press Day Panel Following Catherine O'Hara's Death Obituaries Demond Wilson, Lamont on 'Sanford and Son,' Dies at 79 Darren Aronofsky Critic's Notebook: Darren Aronofsky's 'On This Day... 1776' Demonstrates That High-End AI Slop Is Still AI Slop The Fien Print Critic's Appreciation: How 'Schitt's Creek' Helped Us Celebrate Catherine O'Hara's Genius (That Was Always There) Live Feed 'The Studio' Producers, Cast and Crew Remember Catherine O'Hara as "An Undeniable Legend" Live Feed How 'Bridgerton' Leaned Into Fantasy With Season 4's Benedict-Sophie Love Story - and What's Ahead in Part 2