The SNL cast exits continue.
Emil Wakim , who joined the NBC show ahead of Season 50, is leaving. He joins Devon Walker, who revealed his exit earlier this week.
Wakim joined alongside Ashley Padilla and Jane Wickline last year.
Wakim had the third least screentime on the show this season, just ahead of Jane Wickline and Walker.
Lebanese-American comedian Wakim made his late-night TV debut in 2022 on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , which is executive produced by SNL boss Lorne Michaels. He was selected as a New Face of Comedy at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival the same year and has opened for Roy Wood Jr., Nikki Glaser and Hasan Minhaj.
“I won’t be returning to SNL next year. It was a gut punch of a call to get but I’m so grateful for my time there. I