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Emil Wakim Reveals He Won’t Be Returning to ‘Saturday Night Live’

On Aug. 27, Emil Wakim, featured player, announced via Instagram he will not return for Saturday Night Live's season 51 after one season on the show.
Lorne Michaels, SNL executive producer, warned last week of likely cast changes for Season 51, and Devon Walker, departing cast member, announced his exit in an Aug. 25 Instagram post.
In his farewell post, Emil Wakim said the decision to let him go was not his, writing on Instagram Wednesday, `It was a gut-punch of a call to get, but I'm so grateful for my time there`.
SNL will return on Oct. 4, with producers confirming James Austin Johnson will remain to continue his President Donald Trump impression in Season 51.
Wakim, who joined in 2024, had been the first Lebanese-American cast member and appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.

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