Another Saturday Night Live cast member is leaving the show.

Emil Wakim will not return as part of the upcoming season 51 of the late-night sketch comedy series. The comedian joined the show ahead of season 50.

Wakim’s departure from SNL was confirmed in a post he shared to Instagram on Wednesday.

“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,” Wakim captioned a post filled with photos from his time working on the show.

The comedian shared that every time he scanned his ID to enter 30 Rockefeller Center, he “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 f

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