We already knew 2023 was going to mark the culmination of several TV eras, from The CW’s Arrowverse wrapping up with The Flash’s truncated final season to HBO bidding farewell to brilliant originals Succession and Barry to potentially the final appearance of Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith on Grey’s Anatomy. It looks like one of cable’s most dependable mainstays is also heading out the door, as MTV’s Ridiculousness spread the news that longtime co-host Chanel West Coast will be making a non-non-non-ridiculous exit after 12 years and 30 seasons of laugh-out-loud silliness.
Chanel West Coast has been laughing her signature laugh at wacky AF internet videos alongside Rob Dyrdek and Steelo Brim since 2011, and I can’t even imagine how many clips they’ve conquered on the show during that stretch. But though that number may have seemed like it’d stretch on forever, its finiteness was confirmed first by Variety, and then by the singer and entrepreneur herself on Instagram. Here’s how she reacted in her post, confirming her TV future is heading in all the right directions.
