Dan Wakeford is out as editor in chief of low-rent celebrity gossip magazine Us Weekly, according to a leaked memo obtained by The Post.

The 50-year-old former People boss announced his departure from the publication in an email to staffers on Friday.

“After much consideration, I have chosen to leave my position as editor-in-chief of Us Weekly to develop my own creative projects in film and books,” he wrote. “My last day will be January 9, 2026.”

Wakeford said he planned to contribute to special projects with the magazine. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

But Wakeford hinted that next year his byline could still appear in the publication, which claimed a combined print and digital circulation of 2 million last year, according to data from the Alliance for Audited Media.

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