The “Saturday Night Live” cast departures continue.

Michael Longfellow, 31, who joined the “SNL” cast for season 48 in 2022, will not return for season 51, NJ.com can confirm.

His exit comes as a surprise to fans who thought he might be taking over for one of the Weekend Update hosts. The recurring news segment has been helmed by Colin Jost and Michael Che since 2014.

“Can’t belive we live in the timeline where michael longfellow got fired from snl and isn’t a weekend update host,” one viewer wrote via X after the news broke.

“Its so ironic so michael longfellow screentested for update desk and we all were convinced he was destined for it but no they took him out back and shot him,” another X user quipped.

While Longfellow has not yet addressed the news, two of his castmates announc

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