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Roddy Ricch will no longer perform onSaturday Night Livethis weekend after being exposed toCOVID-19.
Ricch announced the news on hisInstagram StoryWednesday, sharing that there was exposure among his team.
“Due to recent Covid exposure on my team and to keep everyone safe I won’t be able to perform onSNLthis weekend,” he wrote. “I’m working with theSNLteam to lock in a new date though.”
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SNLclosed out 2021 with a quieter final show of the year amid the spread of the omicron variant. As COVID-19 cases surged in New York City, where the show is filmed,SNLslimmed downtheir Dec. 18 show with a limited cast and crew, asPaul Ruddcelebrated his fifth time presenting
Charli XCX, who was set to perform on Rudd’s episode as the musical guest, had to cancel her set altogether. The singer, 29, was scheduled to perform her single “New Shapes” with Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, but her appearance was called off within hours of the episode’s start time.
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“Hi everyone, due to the limited crew at tonight’s taping ofSNLmy musical performances will no longer be able to go ahead,” Charli XCX wrote onTwitterat the time.
She added, “I am devastated and heartbroken. Myself, Caroline, Christine and all our crews and teams have worked so hard all week alongside theSNLteam to bring the most amazing musical performance to life.”
Saturday Night Liveairs weekly on NBC.
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