{"id":708152,"date":"2026-01-27T05:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708152\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:20:22","slug":"heidi-gardner-proposes-unique-support-role-for-kansas-city-chiefs-players-post-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/708152\/","title":{"rendered":"Heidi Gardner Proposes Unique Support Role for Kansas City Chiefs Players Post-SNL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actress and comedian Heidi Gardner<\/a> revealed her unexpected career pitch, months after her departure fromSaturday Night Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During a January<\/a> 2026 appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers<\/a>, hosted by fellow SNL<\/a>alum Seth Meyers, Gardner, who is from Kansas City, Missouri, referenced that she’s a major fan of the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>. She said that she knows “the vice president of the Chiefs, Brett Veach,” and has reached out to him about being a source of support for the team’s players, especially after a difficult game.<\/p>\n

“He lets me text him sometimes, and it’s usually me being like, ‘Is there a desire around the locker room for like a big sister<\/a> vibe?’ And it’ll go ‘read.’ And then I’m like, ‘Are the guys looking for, like, hugs ever?'” said Gardner during the interview. “Because I know it’s a brutal sport and like, especially after a fumble, most fans and stuff are like. ‘What the F?’ You know? And so I’m like, ‘What about just a nice soft woman on the bench that is like looking to hug, and be tender with the players?'”<\/p>\n

Gardner then quipped that because her offer is “not really getting bites,” she is making her interest known “on national TV.”<\/p>\n

Heidi Gardner Shared What She’s Been up to Following Her ‘SNL’ Exit<\/p>\n

After eight seasons on SNL, Gardner left the NBC<\/a> sketch comedy show following season 50, which ended in 2025. During the Late Night With Seth Meyers interview, Gardner noted that she’s appearing in the Broadway play, All Out<\/a>, which is co-produced by SNL creator Lorne Michaels<\/a>, until February 15.<\/p>\n

Gardner also said on top of acting in All Out, she’s been “planning parties,” specifically a three-day event in celebration of her 42nd birthday<\/a>, after her SNL exit.<\/p>\n

Gardner spoke about her time on SNL during an October<\/a> 2025 interview on her friend and former castmate,Ego Nwodim<\/a>‘s podcast, Thanks Dad<\/a>, as reported by USA Today<\/a>. Nwodim also left SNL after season 50. Both Gardner and Nwodim described SNL as being competitive and said they never had a successful week on the show at the same time.<\/p>\n

In addition, Nwodim complimented Gardner’s graciousness during her time on the sketch-comedy show.<\/p>\n

“Getting to spend seven years of my time on SNL with you [was] one of life’s greatest gifts<\/a>. It’s not the easiest place to work, but you were such a huge gift, and I absolutely adore and love you and am so grateful for that time,” said Nwodim on her podcast.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Jan 27, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress and comedian Heidi Gardner revealed her unexpected career pitch, months after her departure fromSaturday Night Live. During…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,102841,118,110,2438,2437,1684,6,102842],"class_list":{"0":"post-708152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-heidi-gardner","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-kansascity","14":"tag-kansascitychiefs","15":"tag-missouri","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-seth-meyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115965383719329195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}