Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Lorne Michaels Clearing Out the “SNL” Cast, Fires Second Supporting Player Before 51st Season: Goodbye, Emil Wakim

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Another one bites the dust.

Lorne Michaels has dropped the boom on “SNL” supporting player Emil Wakim.

Wakim follows Devon Walker out the door, although Walker was at least a three year guy.

I told you that Michaels is going replace most of that supporting cast. None of them really made a mark last year, although Wakim did try hard. He says getting the news was “a gut punch,” and I’ll bet it was because he was in a lot of sketches and appeared on Weekend Update.

Good luck, Emil!

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