Melissa Villaseñor recently revealed she exited the cast of "Saturday Night Live" for mental health reasons, citing panic attacks and creative pressures.
On Monday's episode of the Daily Beast podcast "The Last Laugh," Villaseñor offered insight into her decision to leave the long-running sketch comedy series after six years on the program. The comedian and musician was known during her time on the show for delivering uncanny impressions of Dolly Parton, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more.
"At the end of the day it was about my mental health," Villaseñor told the Daily Beast. "Last season, I had a couple of panic attacks. ... I was struggling. I always felt like I was on the edge of a cliff every week. And I was like, 'I don't want to be doing that to myself anymore.'
