Saturday Night Live castmember Emil Wakim is leaving after one season.

Wakim, who joined the storied NBC late-night sketch series in 2024 for the milestone 50th season, announced the news on social media Wednesday, explaining that it wasn’t his choice to exit.

“It was a gut punch of a call to get,” the Lebanese-American comedian wrote in a post on Instagram (below), “but i’m so grateful for my time there.”

Wakim said he was celebrating a friend’s birthday at Six Flags when he got the news and “went on a really emotional walk through bugs bunny park and stared out across daffy duck lake thinking about life.”

Saturday Night Live castmember Emil Wakim is leaving after one season.

Wakim, who joined the storied NBC late-night sketch series in 2024 for the milestone 50th season, announc

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