Keenan Thompson is ready for “Saturday Night Live” Season 51, but not without making light of his fellow cast members who won’t be returning.

In an Instagram post on Oct. 4, Thompson wrote: “SNL, WE BACK AT IT!!! Season 51 is on the way, and ya boy is steppin’ into YEAR 23 with the fam!! What a wild, beautiful ride it’s been.Truly grateful. LET’S GOOOO!!” he wrote alongside a photo of him holding a cue card that read “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night Live.”

He then shared some kind words to the cast members who won’t be joining him in Studio 8H. “And to our recently departed, all the love in the world and now the world is your oyster!!! Blessings on your journeys!!! Enjoy the show everyone!!!,” he wrote.

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