Saturday Night Live castmember Devon Walker is leaving the show after three seasons.
Walker announced his departure on social media Monday, writing in an Instagram post that “me and baby broke up.” He further wrote that “To me, jobs in this industry feel like a bunch of little marriages. Some of ‘em last for a long time, but most of them are fleeting. Permanent until they’re not. That’s the deal. You know what it is when you sign up.
“Me and the show did three years together, and sometimes it was really cool. Sometimes it was toxic as hell. But … we made the most of what it was, even amidst all the dysfunction. We made a fucked up lil family.”
Walker will likely not be the only change to the SNL cast as the show enters its 51st season on NBC. In an interview with Puck last week, executive producer Lorne Michaels said that some changes were likely, though he specified that James Austin Johnson would continue playing President Donald Trump on the show.
Walker joined SNL as a featured player in the 2022-23 season and became part of the repertory cast last year. Prior to joining the show, he wrote for Netflix’s Big Mouth and Freeform’s Everything’s Trash. He also has a half-hour stand-up special on Hulu and hosts a podcast called My Favorite Lyrics.
In an Instagram story separate from the above-quoted post, Walker added, “Just to be clear, this is good news! It was just time for me to do something different. Please don’t be hitting me with the ‘I’m so sorry’ — we not on that at ALL. Sometimes mom and dad just don’t see things eye to eye.”
