Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels finally addressed the shock exits of some of the show’s cast members earlier this month.

“The show has always brought people in from new, different ages and different generations, and it has to it’s how it revives itself,” Michaels told Entertainment Tonight on the Emmys red carpet Sunday night. “It’s always hard when people leave, but there’s a time for that.”

After the exits of Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, Michael Longfellow, and Heidi Garnder, the show announced new players Ben Marshall (of sketch group Please Don’t Destroy), Veronika Slowikowska, Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, and Kill Tony protegé Kam Patterson.

Recurring cast member Chloe Fineman told Extra on Friday that she was surprised by how “young” the new players are. “When I saw how

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