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 was at six flags celebrating my friend’s 36th birthday and went on a really emotional walk through bugs bunny park and stared out across daffy duck lake thinking about life,” he wrote on Instagram.
“Every time I scanned into the building I would think how insane it is to get to work there. It was the most terrifying, thrilling, and rewarding experience of my life and I will miss it dearly and all the brilliant people that work there that made it feel like a home. thank u to lorne for taking a chance on me and changing my life,” he added. “I was so lucky to bring some of myself in there and say things I believed in and I’m excited for whatever chapter comes next. here’s to making more art without compromise.”
Wakim is repped by UTA and Strig Artist Management.
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